Non-manipulative estimates of competition coefficients in a montane grassland community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-517

  Law, Richard ^a,b   Herben, Tomáš ^a,c   Dieckmann, Ulf ^a,d  

^a Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Competition coefficient; Grassland; Plant community; Spatial pattern; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION COEFFICIENT; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONTANE GRASSLAND;

EID: 0030886401     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960573     Document Type: Article

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