Constancy of local spread rates for buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare L.) in the Arizona Upland of the Sonoran Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-143

  Olsson, A D ^a   Betancourt, J L ^b   Crimmins, M A ^c   Marsh, S E ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Chronosequence; Climate variability; Logistic growth; Monsoon; Phalanx; Spread rate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; GRASS; LOGISTICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

EID: 84865120956     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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