Demographic consequences of drought in the herbaceous perennial Cryptantha flava: Effects of density, associations with shrubs, and plant size

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-152

  Casper, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cryptantha flava; Demography; Drought; Facilitation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DROUGHT;

CRYPTANTHA FLAVA;

EID: 0029751314     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328593     Document Type: Article

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