Stress resistance strategy in an arid land shrub: Interactions between developmental instability and fractal dimension

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-336

  Escos J ^a   Alados, C L ^a   Pugnaire, F I ^b   Puigdefabregas J ^b   Emlen, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c Northwest Biological Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthyllis cytisoides; Developmental stability; Environmental stress; Fractal dimension; Grazing; Slope exposure

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SHRUB;

ANIMALIA; ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES;

EID: 0033794914     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0641     Document Type: Article

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