Shrub invasions of North American semiarid grasslands

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2000, Pages 197-215

  Van Auken, O W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brush encroachment; Desert grassland; Desertification; Encroachment; Woody plant invasion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; SHRUB; WOODY PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034503117     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.31.1.197     Document Type: Article

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