Effect of the canopy of Retama sphaerocarpa on its understorey in a semiarid environment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Moro, M J ^a   Pugnaire, F I ^b   Haase, P ^c   Puigdefabregas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Facilitation; Litter; Productivity; Shrub canopy; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FACILITATION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERSTOREY;

SPAIN;

FABACEAE; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; POACEAE; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0030815027     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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