Structure of desert seed banks: Comparisons across four North American desert sites

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^a   Goodall, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparison; Growth forms; North American deserts; Seed banks; Seed size

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARIZONA; CURLEW VALLEY; JORNADA; NEVADA; NEW MEXICO; ROCK VALLEY; SILVERBELL; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 0032840316     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0502     Document Type: Article

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