Floristic heterogeneity of Flooding Pampa grasslands: A multi-scale analysis

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Chaneton, E J ^a   Perelman, S B ^a   Leon R J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Exotics; Grazing; Plant community types; Spatial scales; Species richness

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM; PASPALUM QUADRIFARIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 29244454307     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500500340714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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