The importance of environment vs. disturbance in the vegetation mosaic of Central Arizona

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Huebner, Cynthia D ^a,b   Vankat, John L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Chaparral; Conversion; Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Multi Response Permutation Procedure; Stability; Succession; Woodland

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MOSAIC; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038735644     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02124.x     Document Type: Article

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