Temporal dynamics of soil spatial heterogeneity in sagebrush-wheatgrass steppe during a growing season

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-309

  Ryel, R J ^a   Caldwell, M M ^a   Manwaring, J H ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron desertorum; Artemisia tridentata; nutrient availability; resource patchiness; sagebrush grass steppe; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; SAGEBRUSH; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STEPPE;

EID: 0030301429     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00010459     Document Type: Article

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