Some floristic characteristics of the northern Chihuahuan Desert: A search for its northern boundary

Taxon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 453-462

  Muldavin, Esteban H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biome boundaries; Bouteloua eriopoda; Bouteloua gracilis; Chihuahuan Desert; Floristic biogeography; Larrea tridentata

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FLORISTICS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0036696189     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1554858     Document Type: Article

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