The ecology of alpha grass (Stipa tenacísima L.) and alpha grass steppes from the Iberian Peninsula;Ecología del esparto (Stipa tenacissima L.) y los espartales de la Península Ibérica

Ecosistemas

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-130

  Maestre, F T ^a   Ramirez D A ^b,c   Cortina, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha grass; Iberian Peninsula; Semiarid areas; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

EID: 85112131677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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