Ontogenetic shifts in plant interactions vary with environmental severity and affect population structure

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-250

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a,b   Shaw, Justine D ^a,c,d   Chown, Steven L ^a,e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental gradient; Facilitation; Ontogenetic shift; Ontogeny; Plant plant interaction; Population structure; Size class distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; GRASS; HABITAT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ONTOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS MAGELLANICA; AZORELLA SELAGO;

AGROSTIS; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ONTOGENETIC SHIFT; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT-PLANT INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING; SIZE-CLASS DISTRIBUTION;

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; ONTOGENETIC SHIFT; ONTOGENY; PLANT-PLANT INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE-CLASS DISTRIBUTION;

AGROSTIS; APIACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883053095     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12349     Document Type: Article

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