Consequences of facilitation on species diversity in terrestrial plant communities

Positive Plant Interactions and Community Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 39-57

  Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b   Badano, Ernesto I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84860208720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439824955     Document Type: Chapter

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