Growth rates and age of native palms in the Baja California desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-402

  Bullock, S H ^a   Heath, D ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age size relations; Allometry; Brahea; Growth models; Reproduction; Sonoran desert; Washingtonia

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT; MATURATION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 33745752373     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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