Plant biotic interactions in the Sonoran Desert: Conservation challenges and future directions.

Biotic interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning. Interactions among individuals lie at the core of population and community dynamics, and therefore play a central role in the existence and persistence of species. Plants form the food base of most terrestrial ecosystems and are therefore not s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Marazzi, Brigitte, Bronstein, Judith L., Sommers, Pacifica N., López, Blanca R., Bustamante Ortega, Enriquena, Búrquez, Alberto, Medellín, Rodrigo A., Aslan, Clare, Franklin, Kim
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/8320
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/8320
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arid Lands
Mutualism
Antagonism
Natural History
Interspecific Interactions
Plant-Plant Interactions
Symbiosis
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:Biotic interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning. Interactions among individuals lie at the core of population and community dynamics, and therefore play a central role in the existence and persistence of species. Plants form the food base of most terrestrial ecosystems and are therefore not surprisingly involved in a substantial portion of biotic interactions. Plants, animals, and microbes face great challenges to survival in the desert environment, and these interactions play a critical role in the survival of many species.