Positive associations between the cushion plant Azorella monantha (Apiaceae) and alpine plant species in the Chilean Patagonian Andes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-129

  Arroyo, M T K ^d   Cavieres, L A ^a   Penaloza A ^b   Arroyo Kalin, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ECOLOGÍA APLICADA LTDA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alpine ecology; Andes; Cushion plants; Positive associations

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROCLIMATE; NURSE PLANT; RECRUITMENT;

ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; AZORELLA; AZORELLA MONANTHA;

EID: 0242408205     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026281405115     Document Type: Article

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