On the relationship between abiotic stress and co-occurrence patterns: An assessment at the community level using soil lichen communities and multiple stress gradients

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1015-1022

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Escolar, Cristina ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CRUST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DIPLOSCHISTES DIACAPSIS;

EID: 67649535192     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17362.x     Document Type: Article

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