Ontogenetic shift from facilitation to competition in a desert shrub

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 973-979

  Miriti, Maria N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; Demography; Desert plants; Ontogenetic shifts; Population ecology; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA;

EID: 33746734394     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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