Seed weight variation of wyoming sagebrush in northern Nevada

Biocell

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Busso, Carlos A ^a   Perryman, Barry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis; Climate effects; Rangeland restoration; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PLANT SEED SIZE; PLANT WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; CLIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; NEVADA; RAIN; SEASONS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33144484064     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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