Nurse effect in seedling establishment: Facilitation and tolerance to damage in the Andes of central Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-336

  Acuña Rodríguez, Ian S ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b   Gianoli, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Herbivory; Laretia acaulis; Nurse effect; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; HAPLOPAPPUS; HORDEUM COMOSUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LARETIA ACAULIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33750041354     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 0716078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2006000300005     Document Type: Article

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