Positive and negative interactions at different life stages of a colonizing species (Quercus humilis)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-412

  Rousset, Olivier ^a   Lepart, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Herbivory; Nurse plant; Secondary succession; Shrub

Indexed keywords

BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS; FRANCE; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; MORTALITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INTERACTION; PREDATION; REGENERATION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION;

FRANCE;

BUXUS; JUNIPERUS; QUERCUS HUMILIS;

EID: 0034086392     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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