Spatial distribution of soil nutrients and ephemeral plants underneath and outside the canopy of Porlieria chilensis shrubs (Zygophyllaceae) in arid coastal Chile

Oecologia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 347-352

  Gutiérrez, Julio R ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b   Contreas, Luis C ^a   Vásquez, Hernán ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Chilean desert; Fertility islands; Plant spatial distribution; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250076360     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00320987     Document Type: Article

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