Competitive and facilitative interactions within and between two species of coastal dune perennials

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-337

  Franks, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Facilitation; Iva imbricata; Stress; Uniola paniculata

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FACILITATIVE INTERACTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; PERENNIAL PLANT;

IVA; IVA IMBRICATA; UNIOLA PANICULATA;

EID: 0037608939     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-023     Document Type: Article

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