Spatial asymmetry in tree-shrub clusters in a subtropical savanna

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-70

  Phillips, Patricia L ^a,b   Barnes, Paul W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; WOODY PLANT;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0037230653     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0059:SAITSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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