The role of growth form and correlated traits in competitive ranking of six perennial ruderal plant species grown in unbalanced mixtures

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-36

  Dietz, Hansjörg ^a   Steinlein, Thomas ^b   Ullmann, Isolde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive hierarchy; Growth form; Root:shoot ratio; Ruderal species; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY HEIGHT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GROWTH FORM; RUDERAL PLANT;

BUNIAS ORIENTALIS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0031919333     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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