Gender and abiotic stress affect community-scale intensity of facilitation and its costs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 915-922

  Cranston, Brittany H ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Monks, Adrian ^c   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine; Facilitation; Female; Gynodioecy; Hermaphrodite; Plant plant interactions; Silene acaulis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLOWER; FRUIT; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862526799     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01981.x     Document Type: Article

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