Slow recovery in desert perennial vegetation following prolonged human disturbance

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 757-762

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Grazing; Long term dynamics; Site history; Sonoran Desert; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PROTECTED AREA; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; TUMAMOC HILL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10344257529     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02318.x     Document Type: Article

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