Do positive interactions increase with abiotic stress? A test from a semi-arid steppe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,b   Cortina, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Competition; Environmental gradient; Facilitation; Pistacia lentiscus; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; STEPPE; STRESS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 3242886279     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0181     Document Type: Article

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