Spatial and temporal variability in positive and negative plant-bryophyte interactions along a latitudinal gradient

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-474

  Doxford, Simon W ^a   Ooi, Mark K J ^b   Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Bryophytes; Climate; Competition; Environmental gradient; Facilitation; Plant plant interactions; Population dynamics; Stress Gradient Hypothesis; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BRYOPHYTE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE];

EID: 84874209621     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12036     Document Type: Article

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