Annual plant functional traits explain shrub facilitation in a desert community

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-68

  Rolhauser, Andrés G ^a   Pucheta, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arid environment; Competition; Dryland; Facilitation; Monte Desert; Nurse plant; Plant strategies; Plant plant interaction; Specific root volume; Stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ANNUAL PLANT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NURSE PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT;

BULNESIA RETAMA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84953365452     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12335     Document Type: Article

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