Facilitation and succession under the canopy of a leguminous shrub, Retama sphaerocarpa, in a semi-arid environment in south-east Spain

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-464

  Pugnaire, F I ^a,b   Haase, P ^a   Puigdefabregas J ^b   Cueto, M ^b   Clark, S C ^a   Incoll, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; FABACEAE;

FACILITATION; SUCCESSION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0030304349     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546339     Document Type: Article

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