Dieback and episodic mortality of Cercidium microphyllum (foothill paloverde), a dominant Sonoran Desert tree

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-140

  Bowers, J E ^a   Turner, R M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercidium microphyllum; Demography; Drought; Mortality; Senescence; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

DIEBACK; MORTALITY; TREE;

ARIZONA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; CERCIDIUM; CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM; PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA; PHORADENDRON; PHORADENDRON CALIFORNICUM;

EID: 0034862505     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088735     Document Type: Article

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