Resource heterogeneity generated by shrubs and topography on coastal sand dunes

Vegetatio

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Alpert, Peter ^a   Mooney, Harold A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia pycnocephala; Light availability; Lupinus arboreus; Resource patchiness; Soil moisture; Soil nitrogen availability

Indexed keywords

DUNE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; RESOURCE PATCHINESS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUCCESSION;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

ARTEMISIA PYCNOCEPHALA; LUPINUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 0029668718     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052818     Document Type: Article

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