Growth of Prosopis caldenia Burk: Seedlings in central semi-arid rangelands of Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-356

  De Villalobos, A E ^a   Pelaez D V ^a   Elia, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caldenal; Grazing; Prosopis caldenia; Seedling growth; Woody invasion

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; GROWTH; RANGELAND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; WEED; WOODY PLANT;

ARGENTINA; CALDENAL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA;

EID: 13344277986     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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