Woody plant establishment and spatial heterogeneity in grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 907-919

  Jurena, P N ^a,b   Archer, Steve ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Grassland; Mesquite; Paspalum; Prosopis glandulosa; Savanna; Schizachyrium; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; ROOT COMPETITION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODY PLANT;

PASPALUM; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SCHIZACHYRIUM;

EID: 0042816300     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0907:WPEASH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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