Demographic variation in a desert shrub, Larrea tridentata, in response to a thinning treatment

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-323

  Miller, Richard E ^a   Huenneke, Laura F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Creosotebush; Density dependence; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SHRUB; THINNING;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0033804531     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0649     Document Type: Article

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