Symmetry of below-ground competition between Kochia scoparia individuals

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Weiner, Jacob ^a,b   Wright, Daniel B ^a,b   Castro, Scott ^a,b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KOCHIA SCOPARIA; CHENOPODIACEAE;

ASYMMETRICAL COMPETITION; BELOW GROUND COMPETITION;

EID: 0030618275     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546093     Document Type: Article

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