Water and tree-understory interactions: A natural experiment in a savanna with oak wilt

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-49

  Anderson, Laurel J ^a   Brumbaugh, M Shawn ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bothriochloa ischaemum; Ceratocystis fagacearum; Competition; Diospyros texana; Facilitation; Juniperus ashei; Oak wilt; Prosopis glandulosa; Quercus fusiformis; Savanna; Texas (USA); Water availability

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL WATER; UNDERSTORY;

BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM; DIOSPYROS TEXANA; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; ISCHAEMUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0035139031     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0033:WATUIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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