Do facilitative interactions increase species richness at the entire community level?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1181-1191

  Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b   Badano, Ernesto I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpine habitats; Alpine plant communities; Andes; Community level interactions; Cushion plants; Facilitation; Positive interactions; Stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349920683     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01579.x     Document Type: Article

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