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Is facilitation in arid environments the result of direct or complex interactions?

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10.1111/j.1468-8137.2006.01617.x

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Keywords

  • alpine communities;
  • arid environments;
  • competition;
  • disturbance;
  • facilitation;
  • removal experiments;
  • spatial associations;
  • water stress

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