Mesquite recruitment in the Chihuahuan Desert: Historic and prehistoric patterns with long-term impacts

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-295

  Fredrickson, E L ^a   Estell, R E ^a   Laliberte, A ^a   Anderson, D M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic legacy; Invasive species; Landscape history; Prosopis glandulosa; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 31344469873     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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