Patch structure dynamics and mechanisms of cyclical succession in a Patagonian steppe (Argentina)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1552-1561

  Armas, C ^a   Pugnaire, F I ^a   Sala, O E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Environmental Change Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Plant interactions; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEPPE; SUCCESSION;

ACHNATHERUM SPECIOSUM; ADESMIA; ADESMIA VOLCKMANNII; POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA HUMILIS;

EID: 45449097047     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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