Positive interactions among alpine plants increase with stress

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6891, 2002, Pages 844-848

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a   Brooker, R W ^b   Choler, Philippe ^c   Kikvidze, Zaal ^d   Lortie, Christopher J ^e   Michalet, Richard ^c   Paolini, Leonardo ^f   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^g   Newingham, Beth ^a   Aschehoug, Erik T ^a,h   Armas, Cristina ^g   Kikodze, David ^d   Cook, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

HERBIVORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 18444413234     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00812     Document Type: Article

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