Nurse effect of Bolax gummifera cushion plants in the alpine vegetation of the Chilean Patagonian Andes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 547-554

  Cavieres, Lohengrin ^a   Arroyo, Mary T K ^b   Peñaloza, Alejandro ^c   Molina Montenegro, Marco ^a   Torres, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ECOLOGÍA APLICADA LTDA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alpine ecology; Apiaceae; Facilitation; Shelter

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHELTER;

ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; BOLAX GUMMIFERA;

EID: 0036669710     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02081.x     Document Type: Article

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