Structure and function of C3 and C4 Chihuahuan Desert plant communities. Energy balance components

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-79

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

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua eeriopoda; desert grasslands; evapo transpiration; Fluorensia cernua; Larrea trdientata; Pleuraphis mutica; Prosopis glandulosa; shrub invasion; soil evaporation

Indexed keywords

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

HONEY MESQUITE; TARBUSH;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0030222856     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0093     Document Type: Article

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