Mechanisms determining the degree of size asymmetry in competition among plants

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-455

  Schwinning, Susanne ^a   Weiner, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometry of growth and resource uptake; Plasticity; Resource competition; Spatial patterns Competition in clonal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031905312     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050397     Document Type: Review

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