Soil heterogeneity and the distribution of desert and steppe plant species across a desert-grassland ecotone

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-632

  Buxbaum, C A Z ^a,b   Vanderbilt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Sandia Preparatory School   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua; Creosotebush; Desert; Ecotone; Geomorphology; Grama; Grassland; Larrea; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DESERT; ECOTONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOSOL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; STEPPE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33947179848     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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