Direct and indirect interactions co-determine species composition in nurse plant systems

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1371-1379

  Schöb, Christian ^a,b   Armas, Cristina ^a   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND;

ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); ARENARIA TETRAQUETRA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 84882611367     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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