Is facilitation in arid environments the result of direct or complex interactions?

New Phytologist

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-6

  Michalet, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine communities; Arid environments; Competition; Disturbance; Facilitation; Removal experiments; Spatial associations; Water stress

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; NOTE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 33644868373     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8137.2006.01617.x     Document Type: Note

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