The alpine cushion plant Silene acaulis as foundation species: A bug's-eye view to facilitation and microclimate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Molenda, Olivia ^a   Reid, Anya ^b   Lortie, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORY; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SILENE ACAULIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; SILENE;

EID: 84861389487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037223     Document Type: Article

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