Desert shrubs have negative or neutral effects on annuals at two levels of water availability in arid lands of South Australia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1230-1237

  Weedon, James T ^a,b   Facelli, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrichtera annua; Chenopod shrublands; Facilitation; Fertility islands; Maireana sedifolia; Tetragonia tetragonioides

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DESERT; FERTILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADING; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CARRICHTERA ANNUA; MAIREANA SEDIFOLIA; TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES;

EID: 54049113980     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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