Co-occurrence patterns and abiotic stress in sand-dune communities: Their relationship varies with spatial scale and the stress estimator

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-84

  Maltez Mouro, Sara ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^b   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Geographic gradient; Productivity; Shoreline distance; Species co occurrence

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORELINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 73649146160     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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