Characteristics of intercanopy bare patches in Juniperus woodlands of the southern Edwards Plateau, Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-110

  Van Auken, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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BOTHRICHLOA ISCHAEMUM; CENTAURIUM TEXENSE; CHAETOPAPPA BELLIDIFOLIA; CROTON MONANTHOGYNUS; EVAX PROLIFERA; GALIUM VIRGATUM; HELIOTROPIUM TENELLUM; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC TENELLUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SIDA ABUTIFOLIA; SPERMOLEPIS INTERMIS;

EID: 0033886513     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672449     Document Type: Article

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