Quantifying the impact of competition and spatial heterogeneity on the structure and dynamics of a four-species guild of winter annuals

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-32

  Rees, Mark ^a   Grubb, Peter J ^b   Kelly, Dave ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMPETITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; WINTER ANNUAL;

EID: 0029667545     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285837     Document Type: Article

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