Microhabitat differentiation in Chihuahuan Desert plant communities

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-80

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuals; Chihuahuan Desert; Coexistence; Community structure; Microhabitat differentiation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; MICROHABITAT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031756082     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009737025870     Document Type: Article

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