Long term dynamics of 2 populations of Prosopis caldenia Burkart

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 685-691

  Dussart, Esteban ^a   Lerner, Pamela ^a   Peinetti, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Age structure; Dendroecology; Population dynamics; Prosopis sp.; Recruitment; Resprouting; Woodland; Woody invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGELAND; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

ARGENTINA;

BOS TAURUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; OVIS ARIES; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA;

EID: 0031789569     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003613     Document Type: Article

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