Nurse plant effect of the cushion plant silene acaulis (L.) jacq. in an alpine environment in the subarctic scandes, Sweden

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Antonsson, Henrik ^a   Björk, Robert G ^a,b   Molaua, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Plant to plant interactions; Silene acaulis; Species richness; Stress

Indexed keywords

SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77956643089     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870902926504     Document Type: Article

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