A role for below-ground biota in plant-plant facilitation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1420-1428

  Rodríguez Echeverría, Susana ^a   Armas, Cristina ^b,c,d   Pistón, Nuria ^b   Hortal, Sara ^b,e   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurse species; Plant reproduction; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Pyrosequencing; Retama; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; LEGUME; MICROCOSM; NURSE PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RETAMA;

EID: 84885833779     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12159     Document Type: Article

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