Plant response to heterospecific neighbor removal and nutrient addition in a subarctic coastal dune system (northern Quebec, Canada)

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 526-533

  Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic conditions; Coastal dune; Elymus mollis; Lathyrus japonicus; Neighbor removal; Nutrient addition; Resources

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS MOLLIS; LATHYRUS JAPONICUS; LEYMUS MOLLIS MOLLIS;

EID: 0032462813     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682493     Document Type: Article

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