Competition and facilitation on elevation gradients in subalpine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 561-573

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 0031873702     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546376     Document Type: Article

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