Use of precise spatial data for describing spatial patterns and plant interactions in a diverse Great Basin shrub community

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-594

  Rayburn, Andrew P ^a   Schiffers, Katja ^b   Schupp, Eugene W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitation; GPS; Great Basin semi arid shrublands; K2; Shrub spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; FACILITATION; GIS; GPS; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION MODELING; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952755144     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9848-0     Document Type: Article

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