Plant species richness and species-area relations in a shortgrass steppe in Colorado

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 645-650

  Singh, J S ^a,b   Bourgeron, P ^a,c   Lauenroth, W K ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scale dependence; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

PLANT; SHORTGRASS STEPPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATION;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0030301192     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236376     Document Type: Article

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