Positive, negative, and net effects in grass-shrub interactions in Mediterranean semiarid grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3186-3197

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,c   Bautista, Susana ^a,b   Cortina, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Mediterranean grassland; Pistacia lentiscus; Plant species interactions; Positive and negative effects; Semiarid grassland; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 1342288415     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0635     Document Type: Article

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