Rainfall seasonality determines annual/perennial grass balance in vegetation of Mediterranean Iberian

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Clary, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual grass; Disturbance; Iberian Peninsula; Invasion; Mediterranean climate; Perennial grass; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; GRASS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749145582     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9294-9     Document Type: Article

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