Patch dynamics of soil biotic feedbacks in the Sonoran Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Butterfield, B J ^a   Briggs, J M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Nitrogen; Phosphorous; Succession

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA; CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA;

EID: 56949108052     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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