Are nurse-protégé interactions more common among plants from arid environments?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 911-916

  Flores, Joel ^a   Jurado, Enrique ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Desert; Facilitation; Plant recruitment; Seedling establishment; Sonoran desert

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NURSE PLANT; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 1142306119     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02225.x     Document Type: Article

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