Structure and function of C3 and C4 Chihuahuan Desert plant communities. Standing crop and leaf area index

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-62

  Gibbens, Robert P ^a   Hicks, Ralph A ^b   Dugas, William A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua eriopoda; desert grasslands; Flourensia cernua; Larrea tridentata; Pleuraphis mutica; Prosopis glandulosa; shrub invasion

Indexed keywords

BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; FLOURENSIA CERNUA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PLEURAPHIS MUTICA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; TRIDENTATA; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE;

HONEY MESQUITE; LEAF AREA INDEX;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0030222855     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0092     Document Type: Article

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