The effects of competition on growth and form in Glechoma hederacea

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-290

  Price, Elizabeth A C ^a,b   Hutchings, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; COMPETITION; GROUND IVY;

GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0029773704     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546251     Document Type: Article

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