Temporal changes in local spatial structure of late-successional species: Establishment of an Andean caulescent rosette plant

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 122-131

  Llambi, Luis D ^a,b   Law, Richard ^a   Hodge, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Competition; Espeletia; Local density dependence; P ramo; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PARAMO; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ESPELETIA; ESPELETIA SCHULTZII; HYPERICUM; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA;

EID: 0942300452     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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