Direct and indirect effects of environmental variability on growth and survivorship of pre-reproductive joshua trees, Yucca brevifolia engelm. (Agavaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-91

  Esque, Todd C ^a   Medica, Philip A ^a   Shryock, Daniel F ^a   DeFalco, Lesley A ^a   Webb, Robert H ^b   Hunter, Richard B ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Drought; El nino southern oscillation; Herbivory; Joshua tree; Life history; Mojave desert; Nurse plants; Pre reproductive

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NURSE PLANT; SURVIVORSHIP; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AGAVACEAE; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; YUCCA BREVIFOLIA;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; YUCCA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; YUCCA;

EID: 84921298803     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 15372197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400257     Document Type: Article

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