Positive vs. negative interactions in Picris hieracioides L., a mid-successional species of Mediterranean secondary succession

Plant Ecology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-122

  Sans, F Xavier ^a   Escarré, Josep ^a   Lepart, Jacques ^b   Hopkins, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Facultative biennial; Herbivory; Life history traits; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AGRIOTES; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; PICRIS; PICRIS HIERACIOIDES;

EID: 0036034247     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020332523928     Document Type: Article

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