Temporal and spatial variation of litter production in Sonoran Desert communities

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-48

  Martínez Yrízar, Angelina ^a   Núñez, Silvia ^a   Miranda, Haydeé ^a   Búrquez, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desertscrub; Ecosystem; Litterfall; Mexico; Phenology; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LITTERFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342470463     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009896201047     Document Type: Article

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