Nutrient relations of the halophytic shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, along a soil salinity gradient

Plant and Soil

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-117

  Donovan, Lisa A ^a,b   Richards, James H ^a   Joy Schaber, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Wm Nesbit and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Greasewood; Magnesium potassium; Salinity; Selectivity; Sodium

Indexed keywords

SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; CHENOPODIACEAE;

GREASEWOOD; GROWTH; HALOPHYTE; NUTRIENT RELATIONS; SALINITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MONO LAKE;

EID: 0030613450     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004211207079     Document Type: Article

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