Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: Competition or facilitation?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 525-536

  Barnes, Paul W ^a   Archer, Steve ^b  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Berberis trifoliolata; Nitrogen; Nurse plant; Overstory understory interaction; Photosynthesis; Prosopis glandulosa; Removal experiment; Water relation; Woody patch dynamics; Zanthoxylum fagara

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS TRIFOLIATA; BERBERIS TRIFOLIOLATA; FAGARA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM FAGARA;

EID: 0033180249     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237187     Document Type: Article

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