Variation in creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) canopy morphology in relation to habitat, soil fertility and associated annual plant communities

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-26

  De Soyza, Amrita G ^a   Whitford, Walter G ^b,c   Martinez Meza, Ernesto ^a   Van Zee, Justin W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0031048656     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426751     Document Type: Article

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