Temporal and spatial patterns in emergence and early survival of perennial plants in the Sonoran Desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-119

  Bowers, Janice E ^a   Turner, Raymond M ^a   Burgess, Tony L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Morisita's Index of Dispersion; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; TUMAMOC HILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543038895     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026026.34760.1b     Document Type: Article

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