Seedling emergence on Sonoran desert dunes

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Bowers, Janice E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

dunes; seed size; seedling emergence; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ARIDA; ASTRAGALUS MAGDALENAE; CERCIDIUM; FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS NIVEUS SUBSP. TEPHRODES; PALAFOXIA ARIDA; PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA; ASTERACEAE; ASTRAGALUS MAGDALENAE PEIRSONII; CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM; FABACEAE; FOUQUIERIACEAE; HELIANTHUS NIVEUS TEPHRODES; PALAFOXIA ARIDA ARIDA; PALAFOXIA ARIDA GIGANTEA;

DUNE; PSAMMOPHILE;

MEXICO, SONORAN DESERT, SIERRA DEL ROSARIO DUNES; USA, CALIFORNIA, SONORAN DESERT, ALGODONES DUNES;

EID: 0030131616     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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