Litterfall and phenological patterns of the dominant overstorey species of a desert scrub community in north-western Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-35

  Maya, Yolanda ^a   Arriaga, Laura ^a  

^a Centro de Investigationes Biologicas del Noroestre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

arid regions; Baja California Sur; desert scrub; litterfall; phenology

Indexed keywords

BURSERA; BURSERACEAE; CYRTOCARPA; CYRTOCARPA EDULIS; PROSOPIS; BURSERA MICROPHYLLA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FOUQUIERIA DIGUETTI; FOUQUIERIACEAE; JATROPHA CINEREA; JATROPHA CUNEATA; PROSOPIS ARTICULATA;

DESERT SCRUB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR;

EID: 0030222860     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0090     Document Type: Article

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