Scales of above-ground and below-ground competition in a semi-arid woodland detected from spatial pattern

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-664

  Martens, Scott N ^a,b   Breshears, David D ^a   Meyer, Clifton W ^a   Barnes, Fairley J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Juniper; Juniperus monosperma; Pinon; Pinus edulis; Second order spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND COMPETITION; BELOW-GROUND COMPETITION; CANOPY PATCH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; WOODLAND DYNAMICS;

NEW MEXICO; USA;

CUPRESSACEA; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINACEAE; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031460291     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237370     Document Type: Article

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