A systematic review of the recent ecological literature on cushion plants: champions of plant facilitation

Web Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 44-49

  Reid, Anya M ^a   Lamarque, Laurent J ^a   Lortie, Christopher J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; RESEARCH; SHRUB;

EID: 78449276477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-10-44-2010     Document Type: Review

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