Sonoran desert winter annuals affected by density of red brome and soil nitrogen

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-109

  Salo, L F ^a,b   McPherson, G R ^a   Williams, D G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EMERGENCE; GROWTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BROMUS; BROMUS MADRITENSIS; BROMUS RUBENS;

EID: 23644432981     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0095:SDWAAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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