Influence of soil and site characteristics on palouse prairie plant communities

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-240

  Hanson, Thor ^a   Sánchez De León, Yaniria ^b   Johnson Maynard, Jodi ^a   Brunsfeld, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical characteristics; Diversity; Exotic species; General linear models; Palouse prairie; Plant communities; Soil depth; Soil types

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249091859     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[231:IOSASC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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