Comparison of root distributions of species in North American grasslands using GIS

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-596

  Sun, Guowei ^a,b   Coffin, Debra P ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Forb; Grass; Growth form; Quantitative root distribution; Shrub

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 0030708839     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237211     Document Type: Article

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