Yield-density functions as predictors of community structure in a serpentine annual grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 749-764

  Moloney, Kirk A ^a   Chiariello, Nona ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Density effects; Seed yield; Serpentine grassland; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODEL; YIELD;

CALIFORNIA; JASPER RIDGE BIOLOGICAL PRESERVE; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS HORDEACEUS; CALYCADENIA MULTIGLANDULOSA; MICROSERIS DOUGLASII; PLANTAGO ERECTA;

EID: 0031736317     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.8650749.x     Document Type: Article

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