Community structure of a southern Chihuahuan Desert grassland under different grazing pressures

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 510-517

  Yeaton, R I ^a   Flores Flores, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bouteloua species; Fence line contrast; Grass functional groups; Hilaria belangeri; Semiarid grasslands; Southern Chihuahuan Desert

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; OVERGRAZING; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

BOS; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HILARIA BELANGERI; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 68049137332     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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