Functional plant types drive plant interactions in a Mediterranean mountain range

Functional plant types drive plant interactions in a Mediterranean mountain range

Shrubs have both positive (facilitation) and negative (competition) effects on understory plants, the net interaction effect being modulated by abiotic conditions. Overall shrubs influence to great extent the structure of plant communities where they have significant presence. Interactions in a pla...

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Main Authors: Petr eMacek, Ivan ePrieto, Jana eMackova, Nuria ePiston, Francisco I Pugnaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
competition
functional traits
facilitation
phenotypic plasticity
biomass allocation
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00662/full

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