Spatially disjunct effects of co-occurring competition and facilitation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1191-1200

  Dickie, Ian A ^a,c   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Competition; Density; Facilitation; Mycorrhiza; Plant interactions; Quercus macrocarpa Michaux (bur oak); Seedling establishment; Shade; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EDGE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 27444438575     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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