Facilitation drives local abundance and regional distribution of a rare plant in a harsh environment

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2728-2735

  Freestone, Amy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Delphinium uliginosum; Didymodon tophaceus; Facilitation; Gradients; Habitat specialist; Moss; Recruitment; Scaling; Serpentine wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FECUNDITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; STRESS FIELD; TOXICITY; WETLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRYOPSIDA; ECOSYSTEM; LARKSPUR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; BRYOPSIDA; CALIFORNIA; DELPHINIUM; ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; WETLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA; DELPHINIUM; DELPHINIUM ULIGINOSUM; DIDYMODON TOPHACEUS;

EID: 33845423384     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2728:FDLAAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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