Plant interactions are unimportant in a subarctic-alpine plant community

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2360-2367

  Mitchell, Matthew G E ^a   Cahill Jr , James F ^a   Hik, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artemisia norvegica; Carex consimilis; Community structure; Competition; Facilitation; Importance; Intensity; Plant interactions; Regression trees; Subarctic alpine; Yukon, Canada

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURVIVAL;

ALTITUDE; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; ARTEMISIA; CAREX PLANT; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; YUKON TERRITORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA NORVEGICA; CAREX BIGELOWII;

EID: 69449101960     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0924.1     Document Type: Article

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