A comparative approach to examine competitive response of 48 wetland plant species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 777-786

  Keddy, Paul ^a   Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a   Wisheu, Irene C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive effect; Functional classification; Relative growth rate; Screening test

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT; WETLAND;

ACORUS CALAMUS; CAREX CRINITA; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS; ELEOCHARIS SMALLII; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PENTHORUM SEDOIDES; SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS ACUTUS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 0032424469     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237043     Document Type: Article

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