Water relations in competitive interactions of Mediterranean grasses and shrubs

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Clary, Jeffrey ^a,b   Savé, Robert ^b   Biel, Carme ^b   De Herralde, Felicidad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Grass; Mediterranean ecosystems; Restoration; Water relations

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVENA FATUA; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; POACEAE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SCHISMUS;

EID: 28144445707     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2004.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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