Experimental evidence that interspecific competitive asymmetry increases with soil productivity

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-256

  Keddy, Paul ^a   Twolan Strutt, Lisa ^a   Shipley, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ASYMMETRY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0030758829     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546593     Document Type: Article

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