Assessing impacts of ecosystem engineers on community organization: A general approach illustrated by effects of a high-Andean cushion plant

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-385

  I Badano, Ernesto ^a,b   G Jones, Clive ^d   A Cavieres, Lohengrin ^a,c   P Wright, Justin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AZORELLA MONANTHA;

EID: 33750076347     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15132.x     Document Type: Article

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