Density-dependent habitat selection in plants

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-234

  Gersani, M ^a   Abramsky, Z ^a   Falik, O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Split root

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031930597     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006587813950     Document Type: Article

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