Competition intensity as a function of resource availability in a semiarid ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-372

  Briones, O ^a   Montana C ^a   Ezcurra, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert ecology; Hilaria mutica; Larrea tridentata; Opuntia rastrera; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA;

HILARIA MUTICA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; OPUNTIA RASTRERA;

EID: 0031695389     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050599     Document Type: Article

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