Balance of competitive and facilitative effects of exotic trees on a native Patagonian grass

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Fernandez M E ^a,b   Gyenge, J E ^a   Schlichter, T M ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Festuca pallescens; Pinus ponderosa; Water status

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FACILITATION; GRASS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FESTUCA PALLESCENS; PINUS PONDEROSA; POACEAE;

EID: 33845627752     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9148-x     Document Type: Article

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