Microsite requirements, population structure and growth of the cushion plant Azorella compacta in the tropical Chilean Andes

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-470

  Kleier, Catherine ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^b  

^a ADAMS STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Llareta; Parinacota; Parque Nacional Lauca; Puna

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AZORELLA;

EID: 4143111324     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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