Evolution of local facilitation in arid ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kéfi, Sonia ^a   Van Baalen, Minus ^b,c,d,e   Rietkerk, Max ^a   Loreau, Michel ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e McGill University ^*  (France)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Desertification; Evolutionary suicide; Habitat modification; Nurse plant; Positive feedback

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; NURSE PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SESSILE SPECIES; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEEDS; WATER;

EID: 46349091970     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588066     Document Type: Article

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