Experimental manipulations of fertile islands and nurse plant effects in the Mojave Desert, USA

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-35

  Walker, L R ^a   Thompson, D B ^a   Landau, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; Aridland soils; Coleogyne ramosissima; Competition; Facilitation; Larrea tridentata

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA DUMOSA; COLEOGYNE RAMOSISSIMA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0035125296     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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