Facilitation and interference in subalpine meadows of the central Caucasus

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 833-838

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Khetsuriani, Liana ^b   Kikodze, David ^b   Callaway, Ragan M ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Georgian Academy of Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Plant plant interaction; Species rich community

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0035706797     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236871     Document Type: Article

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