Extreme stresses, niches, and positive species interactions along stress gradients

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1437-1443

  He, Qiang ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Environmental gradients; Extreme environment; Facilitation; General rule; Plant interactions; Standardized approach

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FACILITATION; NICHE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASCOPHYLLUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903512156     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2226.1     Document Type: Article

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