Effects of experimental burial on survival, growth, and resource allocation of three species of dune plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Brown, Jennifer F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Distichlis spicata; Great Basin desert; resource allocation; sand movement; Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; DUNE; GREASEWOOD; GREY RABBIT-BRUSH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALT GRASS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MONO LAKE;

ASTERACEAE; CHENOPODIACEAE; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; POACEAE; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 0030617441     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960647     Document Type: Article

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