Frequencies of major C3, C4, and CAM perennials on different slopes in the northwestern Sonoran Desert

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-304

  Drennan, Philippa M ^a   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave deserti; Aspect; Competition; Encelia farinosa; Pleuraphis rigida

Indexed keywords

C3; C4; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; DESERT PLANT;

CALIFORNIA; SONORAN DESERT; USA;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE DESERTI; ASTERACEAE; CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; ENCELIA FARINOSA; PLEURAPHIS RIGIDA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030812129     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30795-8     Document Type: Article

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