Effects of Prosopis flexuosa on soil properties and the spatial pattern of understorey species in arid Argentina

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Rossi, Bertilde E ^a   Villagra, Pablo E ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Depto Dendrocronologia Historia A   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Fertility island; Heterogeneity; Interaction; Mendoza; Monte province; Overstorey

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; OVERSTORY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; MONTE DESERT;

FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; POACEAE; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA;

EID: 0141924567     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02181.x     Document Type: Article

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