Point sampling for leaf area index in sagebrush steppe communities

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 589-594

  Clark, Patrick E ^a   Seyfried, Mark S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia arbuscula; Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana; Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis; LAI; Low sagebrush; Mountain big sagebrush; Wyoming big sagebrush

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342878629     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003589     Document Type: Article

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