Parasitic plants as facilitators: More Dryad than Dracula?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1151-1159

  Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyema; Bartsia; Facilitation; Hemiparasite; Keystone; Mistletoe; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; FACILITATION; FLOWER VISITING; HEMIPARASITE; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARASITIC PLANT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AMYEMA; AMYEMA MIQUELII; ANIMALIA; BARTSIA; BARTSIA ALPINA; LAMIALES; LORANTHACEAE; OROBANCHACEAE; SANTALALES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 70349902209     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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