Co-occurrence Patterns along a Regional Aridity Gradient of the Subtropical Andes Do Not Support Stress Gradient Hypotheses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  López, Ramiro Pablo ^a,c   Valdivia, Sergio ^b   Rivera, Mónica L ^c   Rios, Rodrigo S ^a,c  

^a Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b CPEC Instituto de Ecología   (Bolivia)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT STRESS; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

ALGORITHMS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; BOLIVIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874690674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058518     Document Type: Article

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