Bidirectional facilitation and interference between shrubs and annuals in the Mojave Desert

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1747-1761

  Claus Holzapfel, And ^a   Mahall, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; Coexistence; Competition; Desert; Desert annuals and shrubs; Facilitation; Interference; Mojave Desert, California; Phenology; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FACILITATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; BROMUS; BROMUS MADRITENSIS; CHAENACTIS FREMONTII; SCHISMUS BARBATUS;

EID: 0345161425     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1747:bfaibs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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