The interplay of facilitation and competition in plant communities

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1966-1975

  Holmgren, Milena ^a,c   Scheffer, Marten ^b   Huston, Michael A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Light; Model; Nurse plants; Physiological trade offs; Plant communities; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0031284565     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1966:TIOFAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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