Warming, soil moisture, and loss of snow increase Bromus tectorum's population growth rate

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Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Compagnoni, Aldo ^a   Adler, Peter B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85006387204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000020     Document Type: Article

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