El Niño and displays of spring-flowering annuals in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-49

  Bowers, Janice E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; El Ni o; Ephemerals; Herbarium records; Mojave Desert; Phenology; Sonoran Desert; Spring flowering annuals; Winter annuals

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; EL NINO;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19544392328     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[38:ENADOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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