Vegetation ordination at the southern Chihuahuan Desert (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Huerta Martínez, Francisco Martín ^a   Vázquez García, José Antonio ^b   García Moya, Edmundo ^c   López Mata, Lauro ^c   Vaquera Huerta, Humberto ^d  

^a Nextipac Zapopan Jalisco Mex P   (Mexico)

^b Depto Botanica Y Zool Ctro U   (Mexico)

^c Prog Botanica Col Postgraduados

^d Carretera Mex Texcoco Km 355 M

Author keywords

Bray Curtis Ordination; Southern Chihuahuan Desert; Vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS POTOSI; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244227927     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000046063.12313.74     Document Type: Article

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