Germination, light requirements, and competitive interactions of Stipa leucotricha (gramineae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  White, James J ^a   Van Auken, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIPA LEUCOTRICHA;

EID: 0030481830     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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