Competitive and facilitative relationships among three shrub species, and the role of browsing intensity and rooting depth in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 761-772

  Carrick, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hirpicium; Importance and intensity of competition; Leipoldtia; Nearest neighbour; Rainfall; Ruschia; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; ROOTING; SHRUB;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; HIRPICIUM ALIENATUM; LEIPOLDTIA SCHULTZEI; RUSCHIA; RUSCHIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0242371780     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02208.x     Document Type: Article

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