Microhabitat dependent responses to resource pulses in the aridland perennial, Cryptantha flava

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-466

  Peek, Michael S ^a,b   Forseth, Irwin N ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Drought; Facilitation; Nitrogen pulses; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DROUGHT STRESS; FACILITATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROHABITAT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVIDAE; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CRYPTANTHA; CRYPTANTHA FLAVA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0038050738     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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