Facilitation may buffer competitive effects: Indirect and diffuse interactions among salt marsh plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-424

  Callaway, R M ^a   Pennings, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Diffuse interactions; Facilitation; Indirect interactions; Positive interactions; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033794979     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303398     Document Type: Article

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