Highlighting the multiple drivers of change in interactions along stress gradients

New Phytologist

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-6

  Michalet, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Competition; Facilitation; Functional strategies; Nurses; Species strategies; Vapour pressure deficit; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NOTE; PINE; ROSACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; ROSACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845518482     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01949.x     Document Type: Note

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