Chaparral

[Francois PELLISSIER]

BRateaver wrote:
> 
> Those plants are allelopathic and that is why they can take over any
> territory.
> 
> B. Rateaver

I partially agree with this statement. Allelopathy is often responsible 
of dominance of some chapparal species but their is too a strong 
competition for water and nutrients.
A good paper about allelopathy in phryganic ecosystems was published by 
Despina Vokou in 1992 : "The allelopathic potential of aromatic shrubs in 
phryganic (east Mediterranean) Ecosystems, 1992. in Allelopathy : 
basic and applied aspects, Rizvi and Rizvi Eds., Chapman & Hall, pp. 
303-320.

Best regards,

François
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Dr. François PELLISSIER
UNIVERSITY OF SAVOIE
Dynamics of Altitude Ecosystems Laboratory
73 376 LE BOURGET-DU-LAC
FRANCE

Phone : 33 4 79 75 88 69
Fax   : 33 4 79 75 88 80
e-mail: pellissier at univ-savoie.fr

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