Positive interactions in plant communities and the individualistic-continuum concept

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Facilitation; Gradient analysis; Holistic; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INDIVIDUALISTIC-CONTINUUM CONCEPT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0030962838     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050293     Document Type: Review

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