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Nucleated succession by an endemic palm Phoenix pusilla enhances diversity of woody species in the arid Coromandel Coast of India

  • Kinhal V
  • Parthasarathy N
AoB PLANTS (2010) 2010
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plq007
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Abstract

Endemic Phoenix pusilla acaulescent palms can act as nurse plants promoting establishment of 11 primary dry-forest species in degraded arid open ground (nucleation), in part, through ameliorating abiotic stress. The phenomenon is long-recognized by the Irula tribe of South India.

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Kinhal, V., & Parthasarathy, N. (2010). Nucleated succession by an endemic palm Phoenix pusilla enhances diversity of woody species in the arid Coromandel Coast of India. AoB PLANTS, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plq007

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