Influence of an overstorey tree (Prosopis glandulosa) on associated shrubs in a savanna parkland: Implications for patch dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-500

  Barnes, Paul W ^a   Archer, Steve ^b  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Nurse plant; Photosynthesis; Primary production; Water relations

Indexed keywords

PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0030047940     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00330012     Document Type: Article

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