Balancing positive and negative plant interactions: How mosses structure vascular plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 769-782

  Gornall, Jemma L ^a,b   Woodin, Sarah J ^a   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjorg S ^b,c   van der Wal, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; High arctic; Nutrient availability; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BARE SOIL; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; GRASS; GROUND COVER; GROWTH FORM; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEASON; SOIL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPSIDA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SOIL; SVALBARD;

ALOPECURUS; ALOPECURUS ALPINUS; BRYOPHYTA; LUZULA CONFUSA; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; SALIX; SALIX POLARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79958721618     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1911-6     Document Type: Article

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