Does disturbance drive the collapse of biotic interactions at the severe end of a diversity-biomass gradient?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Forey, Estelle ^a   Touzard, Blaise ^a   Michalet, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal sand dunes; Competition; Facilitation; Physical disturbance; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

FRANCE;

EID: 75949099807     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9642-z     Document Type: Article

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