Testing sagebrush allometric relationships across three fire chronosequences in Wyoming, USA

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-301

  Cleary, M B ^a   Pendall, E ^a   Ewers, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Artemisia tridentate; Plant allometry; Root biomass; Universal scaling

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE; RANGELAND; SHRUB; TESTING METHOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 39649088980     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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