Phenological and physiological responses of heavily dusted creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) to summer irrigation in the Mojave Desert

Flora

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-378

  Sharifi, M Rasoul ^a   Gibson, Arthur C ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust pollution; Larrea tridentata; Mojave Desert; Photosynthesis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DUST; IRRIGATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0033230544     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30928-3     Document Type: Article

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