Facilitation among woody plants establishing in an old field

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2694-2705

  Li, Xingdong ^a   Wilson, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis; Competition, facilitation; Feedback, indirect effects, Picea glauca, plant density, soil water, Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; OLD FIELD; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; WOODY PLANT;

BROMUS INERMIS; PICEA GLAUCA; SYMPHORICARPOS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0032435088     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2694:FAWPEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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