Claim · model-written summary
Higher shrub density appeared to decrease ephemeral biomass productivity and density.
Verbatim
e0“Higher shrub density associated with increased elevation appears to decrease both ephemeral biGmass productivity and density”
Title
Productivity and Flowering of Winter Ephemerals in Relation to Sonoran Desert Shrubs
William L. Halvorson; Duncan T. Patten The American Midland Naturalist 1975. doi:10.2307/2424164
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Ephemeral biomass and density varied with shrub canopy type and density.
- Association Shrub canopy enhanced ephemeral growth when it was not too dense or low-hanging.
- Observation Ephemerals germinated early in the cool season.
- Observation Ephemerals had low tolerance to heat.
- Observation Ephemerals flowered earlier than shrubs and succulents.