Neighbourhood analysis of competition between two Namaqualand ephemeral plant species

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 231-235

  Oosthuizen, M A ^a   Van Rooyen, M W ^a   Theron, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Dimorphotheca sinuata; neighbourhood analysis; number of neighbours; performance; predict; Ursinia cakilefolia

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEIGHBOURHOOD ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, NAMAQUALAND;

ASTERACEAE; DIMORPHOTHECA SINUATA; URSINIA CAKILEFOLIA;

EID: 0030301410     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30650-5     Document Type: Article

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