Simulated responses to hypothetical fundamental niches

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-316

  Malanson, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive hierarchy; Environmental gradient; Niche; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031454023     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237360     Document Type: Article

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