Facilitation of the non-native Taraxacum officinale by native nurse cushion species in the high Andes of central Chile: Are there differences between nurses?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-156

  Cavieres, L A ^a   Quiroz, C L ^a   Molina Montenegro, M A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpine; Cushion plants; Invasions; Positive interactions; Species specific

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HERB; NURSE PLANT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SURVIVAL;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AZORELLA MONANTHA; LARETIA ACAULIS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 38149091748     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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