Heterogeneity in shortgrass prairie vegetation: The role of playa lakes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-286

  Hoagland, Bruce W ^a   Collins, Scott L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Dissimilarity; Distribution abundance relation; Gradient Analysis; Ordination; Perennial Grass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031452346     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237357     Document Type: Article

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