Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei: Cupressaceae) canopy and litter effects on understory vegetation in a juniper-oak savanna

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-16

  Yager, Lisa Y ^a   Smeins, Fred E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; LEPTOCHLOA DUBIA; SOPHORA SECUNDIFLORA;

EID: 0032960972     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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