Long-term dynamics of winter and summer annual communities in the Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 575-584

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,d   Brown, James H ^a   Valone, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Life history; Seed size; Species pool

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036669253     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02084.x     Document Type: Article

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