Positive interactions under nurse-plants: Spatial scale, stress gradients and benefactor size

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 425-434

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a,c   Lloyd, John D ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benefactor size; Ecological scaling; Facilitation; Olneya; Stress gradients

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0035039435     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000614     Document Type: Article

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