Soil factors and competition as determinants of the distribution of six fynbos proteaceae species

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 394-406

  Richards, M B ^a,b   Cowling, R M ^a   Stock, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FYNBOS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0030620255     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546024     Document Type: Article

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