Mediterranean climate effects. I. Conifer water use across a Sierra Nevada ecotone

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 911-918

  Royce, E B ^a,b   Barbour, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kennedy Meadows Box 2C4 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Arctostaphylos; Competition; Conifer; Drought; Pinus; Shrub; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

EID: 3743085395     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657044     Document Type: Article

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