Plant-soil interactions in deserts

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 169-187

  Schlesinger, William H ^a   Pilmanis, Adrienne M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridisols; Desertification; Erosion; Geostatistics; Larrea tridentata; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Prosopis glandulosa; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DESERT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

EID: 0031857888     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2691-7_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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