Simplifying the study of competition at the individual plant level: Consequences of distinguishing between competitive effect and response for forest vegetation management

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 19-38

  Goldberg, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive effect; Competitive response; Depletion ability; Mechanismsofcompetition; Plant competition; Productivity gradients; Tolerance ability

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMPETITION;

EID: 0030320045     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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