A shared niche? The case of the species pair Protea obtusifolia-Leucadendron meridianum

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Laurie, Henri ^a   Mustart, Penny J ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCADENDRON MERIDIANUM; PROTEA OBTUSIFOLIA; PROTEACEAE;

COEXISTENCE; FYNBOS; LOTTERY MODEL; NICHE SEPARATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE FLORISTIC REGION;

EID: 0030816730     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546097     Document Type: Article

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