Dynamics of cohorts of cladodes and related effects on reproduction in the shrub Retama sphaerocarpa in semi-arid south-eastern Spain

Plant Ecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-115

  Haase, Peter ^a,b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^c   Clark, S C ^a   Incoll, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Estac Exp de Zonas Áridas ^*  (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy dynamics; Mediterranean shrublands; Photosynthetic stems; Seed production; Semi arid shrublands

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY; REPRODUCTION; SCRUB; SEMIARID REGION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034018275     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009817100422     Document Type: Article

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