Community and ecosystem effects of buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) and nitrogen deposition in the Sonoran Desert

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-78

  Lyons, Kelly G ^a   Maldonado Leal, Baruk G ^b   Owen, Gigi ^c  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gerencia de Protección Contra Incendios Forestales   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Conversion; Desert grasslands; Mexico; Plains of Sonora

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE;

EID: 84870606352     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00071.1     Document Type: Article

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