On the relative importance of competition in unproductive environments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-418

  Goldberg, Deborah ^a   Novoplansky, Ariel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depletion ability; Drought tolerance; Nutrient gradients; Plant competition; Productivity gradients; Pulsed resources; Unproductive environments; Water gradients

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION INTENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0030967847     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960565     Document Type: Review

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