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Evidence of Facilitation Cascade Processes as Drivers of Successional Patterns of Ecosystem Engineers at the Upper Altitudinal Limit of the Dry Puna

Luca Malatesta ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Malatesta, Federico Maria Tardella, Karina Piermarteri, Andrea Catorci

Affiliation School of Advanced Studies, University of Camerino, Camerino, Macerata, Italy
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Federico Maria Tardella ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Malatesta, Federico Maria Tardella, Karina Piermarteri, Andrea Catorci

* E-mail: dtfederico.tardella@unicam.it

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Macerata, Italy
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Karina Piermarteri ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Malatesta, Federico Maria Tardella, Karina Piermarteri, Andrea Catorci

Affiliation School of Advanced Studies, University of Camerino, Camerino, Macerata, Italy
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Andrea Catorci

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Malatesta, Federico Maria Tardella, Karina Piermarteri, Andrea Catorci

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Macerata, Italy
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Evidence of Facilitation Cascade Processes as Drivers of Successional Patterns of Ecosystem Engineers at the Upper Altitudinal Limit of the Dry Puna

Luca Malatesta,
Federico Maria Tardella,
Karina Piermarteri,
Andrea Catorci

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Published: November 30, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167265

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