Antarctic moss carpets facilitate growth of Deschampsia antarctica but not its survival

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1869-1878

  Angelica Casanova Katny M ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic tundra; Facilitation; Plant moss interaction; Plant plant interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOSS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TUNDRA;

SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84869166475     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1229-9     Document Type: Article

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