Abundance and distribution of desert annuals: Are spatial and temporal patterns related?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 551-560

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,c   Brown, James H ^a   Valone, Thomas J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Chihuahuan Desert; Distribution; Long term study; Spatial temporal relationships

Indexed keywords

DESERT; MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; DESERT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033845740     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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