Invasive potential of the winter grass Schismus barbatus during the winter season of a predominantly summer-rainfall desert in Central-Northern Monte

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 390-393

  Pucheta, E ^a   Garcia Muro V J ^a,b   Rolhauser, A G ^a   Quevedo Robledo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alien plant; Argentina; Germinable seed bank; Monte desert; Plant naturalization; Summer desert

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; DESERT; DISPERSAL; GERMINATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURALIZATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK;

ARGENTINA; MONTE;

SCHISMUS; SCHISMUS BARBATUS;

EID: 78951477105     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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