Effects of seed density on germination and establishment of a native and an introduced grass species dispersed by granivorous rodents

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 322-330

  McMurray, Michael H ^a   Jenkins, Stephen H ^a   Longland, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; BLEPHARIDACHNE; BROMUS TECTORUM; ORYZOPSIS; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030772213     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426825     Document Type: Article

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