The Primary Productivity of a Desert-Shrub (Larrea tridentata) Community
Chew RM and Chew AE. 1965. The Primary Productivity of a Desert-Shrub (Larrea tridentata) Community. Ecological Monographs. 35(4):355-375
The growth and productivity of the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, and associated vegetation was studied in a desert-shrub community in the San Simon Valley of southeastern Arizona in the period June, 1958 through August, 1959. This region has a semiarid mesothermal climate with water deficits in all seasons.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Chew, Robert; Chew, Alice
- Units
- BIBE , JOTR
- Keywords
- creosotebush (Larrea divaricata - Zygophyllaceae), desert-shrub community, Growth, Plant Studies, Productivity