Mound microclimate, nutrients and seedling survival

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-24

  Simkin, Samuel M ^b   Michener, William K ^c   Wyatt, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Highlands Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; RODENT; SEEDLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL;

GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS; GEOMYS PINETIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 3142721272     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0012:MMNASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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