Facilitation in subnival vegetation patches

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-264

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Nakhutsrishvili, Georgi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

High elevation; Plant plant interaction; Species association

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUBNIVAL ZONE; VEGETATION;

CAVCASUS; EUROPE;

EID: 0031808604     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237125     Document Type: Article

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