Does seed dispersal limit initiation of primary succession in desert playas?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1722-1731

  Fort, K P ^a   Richards, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysothamnus spp.; Desert; Mono Lake; Primary succession; Sand dunes; Sarcobatus vermiculatus; Seed dispersal; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

DESERT; LIMITING FACTOR; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOTHAMNUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 0032229843     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446506     Document Type: Article

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