Using strontium and rubidium tracers to characterize nutrient uptake patterns in creosotebush and mesquite

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-247

  Mengchi, H O ^a   Roisman, Rachel E ^a   Virginia, Ross A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 12644295021     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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