Vegetation effects on soil resource heterogeneity in prairie and forest

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-298

  Kleb, Heather R ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY; SOIL; VEGETATION EFFECT;

POACEAE;

EID: 0030758349     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286066     Document Type: Article

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