Shrub spatial aggregation and consequences for reproductive success

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-301

  Tirado, Reyes ^a   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Plants; Reproduction; Spatial distribution pattern; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

ASPARAGUS PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ASPARAGUS; LOTUS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS;

EID: 0041709379     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1264-x     Document Type: Article

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