Natural history of a saline mound ecosystem

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-230

  Blank, Robert R ^a   Young, James A ^a   Trent, James D ^a   Palmquist, Debra E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allenrolfea occidentalis; Atriplex lentiformis spp. torreyi; Eolian dust; Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Indexed keywords

ALLENROLFEA OCCIDENTALIS; ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; TORREYI;

EID: 0031847495     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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