Phytolith evidence for the absence of a prehistoric grass understory in a Jeffrey pine - Mixed conifer forest in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Mexico

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-317

  Evett, Rand R ^a   Franco Vizcaino, Ernesto ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; SOILS;

GRASS PHYTOLITHS; PREHISTORIC GRASS; TREE-RING FIRE-SCAR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; OVERGRAZING; PHYTOLITH; PREHISTORIC; TREE RING; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA SAN PEDRO MARTIR NATIONAL PARK;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS JEFFREYI;

EID: 34547405884     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-240     Document Type: Article

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