Cushions of Thylacospermum caespitosum (Caryophyllaceae) do not facilitate other plants under extreme altitude and dry conditions in the north-west Himalayas

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-573

  De Bello, Francesco ^a   Doležal, Jiří ^a   Dvorský, Miroslav ^a   Chlumská, Zuzana ^a   Řeháková, Klára ^a   Klimešová, Jitka ^a   Klimeš, Leoš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; biodiversity; Caryophyllaceae; competition and facilitation; Himalaya; Ladakh; nurse plant; stress; Thylacospermum caespitosum; Tibet

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DICOTYLEDON; FACILITATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NURSE PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ALTITUDE; ASIA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 80051962937     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr183     Document Type: Article

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