The role of nurse plants in the establishment of shrub seedlings in the semi-arid subtropical Andes

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779-790

  López, Ramiro Pablo ^a   Valdivia, Sergio ^b   Sanjinés, Ninel ^a   De La Quintana, Diego ^a  

^a Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b Institute of Ecology   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Juveniles; Nurse syndrome; Potential nurses; Prepuna; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FACILITATION; MICROHABITAT; NURSE PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAPLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 34250648497     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0698-y     Document Type: Article

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