PAKEMAN, Robin J.; PUGNAIRE, Francisco I.; MICHALET, Richard; LORTIE, Chris J.; SCHIFFERS, Katja; MAESTRE, Fernando T.; TRAVIS, Justin M. J.

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0384

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PAKEMAN, Robin J.
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

PUGNAIRE, Francisco I.
Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas

MICHALET, Richard
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
Department of Biological Sciences

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Biology Letters. 2009, vol. 5, n° 5, p. 577-579

Royal Society, The

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The 2009 British Ecological Society's Annual Symposium entitled ‘Facilitation in Plant Communities’ was held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 20 to 22 April 2009. This was the first ever international meeting dedicated to the rapidly expanding field of facilitation. The aim of the symposium was to assess the current ‘state-of-play’ by contrasting findings from different systems and by looking outwards in an attempt to integrate this field with other related fields. It was also aimed at understanding how knowledge of facilitation can help understand community dynamics and be applied to ecosystem restoration. The symposium identified several key areas where future work is likely to be most profitable.< Leer menos

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