Indirect facilitation: Evidence and predictions from a riparian community

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1762-1769

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex; Competition and facilitation; Facilitation in plant communities; Indirect effects; Mimulus; Plant competition; Riparian plant communities; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYTHECIUM FRIGIDUM; BRYOPHYTA; CARDINALIS; CAREX; CAREX NUDATA; CONOCEPHALUM; CONOCEPHALUM CONICUM; MIMULUS CARDINALIS; MIMULUS GUTTATUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032818376     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1762:IFEAPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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