The stress-gradient hypothesis does not fit all relationships between plant-plant interactions and abiotic stress: Further insights from arid environments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,c   Valladares, Fernando ^b   Reynolds, James F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arid; Competition; Environmental gradients; Facilitation; Meta analysis; Plant plant interactions; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION;

EID: 33645059161     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01089.x     Document Type: Review

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