Surface dust impacts on gas exchange in Mojave Desert shrubs

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 837-846

  Sharifi, M Rasoul ^a   Gibson, Arthur C ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Dust pollution; Hymenoclea salsola; Larrea tridentata; Photosynthesis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; HYMENOCLEA; HYMENOCLEA SALSOLA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; SALSOLA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0030822101     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405275     Document Type: Article

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