Differing effects of shade-induced facilitation on growth and survival during the establishment of a chenopod shrub

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 941-950

  Hastwell, Graeme T ^a,b   Facelli, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Enchylaena tomentosa; Environmental severity; Importance; Positive interactions; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; GROWTH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

ENCHYLAENA; ENCHYLAENA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0348013378     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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