Development of in a semi-arid grassland: Effects of disturbance size and soil texture

Plant and Soil

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Martinez Turanzas, Gustavo A ^a,e   Coffin, Debra P ^a,b,c   Burke, Ingrid C ^b,c,d  

^a Rangeland Ecosystem Sci Department   (United States)

^b Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory   (United States)

^c Graduate Degree Program in Ecology   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bare soil openings; Bouteloua gracilis; Plant cover; Shortgrass community; Small scale disturbances

Indexed keywords

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS;

EID: 0030765990     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004286605052     Document Type: Article

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