Stipa tenacissima as a nurse plant of the endemic species Haplophyllum bastetanum near Granada, SE Spain

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Navarro, F B ^a   Lorite, J ^b   Fernandez Ondono E ^b   Ripoll, M A ^a   Jimenez M N ^a  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critically endangered species; Facilitation; Plant soil relationship; Red list; Rutaceae; Semi arid steppe

Indexed keywords

HAPLOPHYLLUM BASTETANUM; RUTACEAE; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 46049101984     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2007-7-18310     Document Type: Article

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