Persistence of Picris hieracioides populations in old fields: An example of facilitation

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-292

  Sans, F X ^a,b   Escarre J ^a   Gorse, V ^a   Lepart, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; OLD FIELD; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; PICRIS HIERACIOIDES;

EID: 0031783780     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546839     Document Type: Article

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