Disentangling the effects of water and nutrients for studying the outcome of plant interactions in sand dune ecosystems

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-383

  Le Bagousse Pinguet, Yoann ^a,b   Forey, Estelle ^c   Touzard, Blaise ^b   Michalet, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal sand dunes; Competition; Disentangling environmental stresses; Facilitation; Fertilization; Stress gradient hypothesis; Water availability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AQUITAINE; FRANCE;

HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM STOECHAS;

EID: 84872951912     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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