Soil-plant relations along a soil-water gradient in great basin riparian meadows

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-266

  Castelli, Regine M ^a   Chambers, Jeanne C ^b   Tausch, Robin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree day; Indicator species; Redox potential; Riparian; Vegetation classification; Water table

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CAREX NEBRASCENSIS;

EID: 0033937818     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0251:SPRAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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