Growth of foxtail pine seedlings at treeline in the southeastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 250-257

  Lloyd, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; CONIFERALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS BALFOURIANA;

EID: 0032438730     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682453     Document Type: Article

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