Response of a Grassland Cactus to Frequency and Size of Rainfall Events in a North American Shortgrass Steppe

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  1996-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/2261353
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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