How beneficial are nurse plants? A meta-analysis of the effects of cushion plants on high-Andean plant communities

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Arredondo Nunez A ^a   Badano, E I ^b,c   Bustamante, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Andean plants; Annuals; Exotics; Natives; Odds ratio; Perennials

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; META-ANALYSIS; NURSE PLANT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 68049125045     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.1.1     Document Type: Article

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