Large-scale causes of variation in the serpentine vegetation of California

Plant and Soil

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Grace, James B ^a   Safford, Hugh D ^b   Harrison, Susan ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cluster analysis; Ordination; Serpentine; Structural equation modeling; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORDINATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SERPENTINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34248578006     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9196-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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