Facilitation and competition in the high Arctic: The importance of the experimental approach

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 297-301

  Dormann, Carsten F ^a,b   Brooker, Rob W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Luzula confusa; Removal experiment; Salix polaris

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ARCTIC;

LUZULA CONFUSA; SALIX POLARIS;

EID: 0036811544     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01158-X     Document Type: Article

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