Mesquite and grass relationships at two spatial resolutions

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-126

  McClaran, Mitchel P ^a   Angell, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert Grassland; Repeated measures; Santa Rita Experimental Range; Tree age

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DESERT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROUND COVER; SCALE EFFECT; SHRUB; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA RITA; UNITED STATES;

ARISTIDA; MUHLENBERGIA PORTERI; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 34250164613     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9220-6     Document Type: Article

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