Landscape dynamics fostering the development and persistence of long-lived creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) clones in the Mojave Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-126

  McAuliffe, J R ^a   Hamerlynck, E P ^b   Eppes, M C ^c  

^a DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Biogeomorphology; Clonal plants; Coppice dune; Eolian processes; Soil development

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANGIOSPERM; CLONE; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SOIL HORIZON;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33751546856     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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