Recent invasion of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) of a natural protected area from the southern Sonoran Desert

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-392

  De La Barrera, Erick ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cenchrus ciliare; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Forage production; Global change; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 60749083895     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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