Plant competition underground

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 545-570

  Casper, Brenda B ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen and phosphate uptake; Nutrient heterogeneity; Root and shoot interaction; Root plasticity; Soil diffusion; Soil water partitioning; Symmetry of competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PLANT; ROOT; UNDERGROUND COMPETITION;

EID: 0031450453     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.545     Document Type: Review

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