Monk's tonsure-like gaps in the tussock grass Spartina argentinensis (Gramineae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 313-316

  Lewis, J P ^a   Stofella, S L ^b   Feldman, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaco; Disturbance; Gaps; Grasses; Grasslands; Matrix regeneration; Pampa; Regeneration niche; Savannas; Spartina argentinensis; Tussocks

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; POACEAE;

ARGENTINA; POACEAE;

EID: 0035295589     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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