Failure of adult recruitment in Quercus buckleyi populations on the eastern Edwards Plateau, Texas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-217

  Russell, F Leland ^a,b   Fowler, Norma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEMIARID REGION; TREE; WOODLAND;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS BUCKLEYI;

EID: 0036810768     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0201:FOARIQ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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