Facilitating an importance index

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-361

  Seifan, Merav ^a   Seifan, Tal ^a   Ariza, Clara ^a   Tielbörger, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental gradients; Facilitation; Indices; Plant interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; INDEX METHOD; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 77749254819     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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