Facilitation between higher plant species in a semiarid environment

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1420-1426

  Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a,b   Haase, Peter ^a   Puigdefábregas, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Facilitation; Island of fertility; Marrubium; Mutualism; Retama; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WHITE HOREHOUND;

SPAIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MARRUBIUM; MARRUBIUM VULGARE; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0030433822     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265539     Document Type: Article

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