Facilitation and competition on gradients in alpine plant communities

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3295-3308

  Choler, Philippe ^a   Michalet, Richard ^b   Callaway, Ragan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Competition; Elevation gradient; Facilitation; Log response ratio (LRR); Niche theory; Ordination; Plant communities; Plant interactions; Relative competitive index (RCI); Removal experiment; Topography gradient

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0035665789     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3295:FACOGI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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