Seed mass and the competition/colonization trade-off: A sowing experiment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 899-912

  Turnbull, Lindsay A ^a   Rees, Mark ^a   Crawley, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Recruitment; Seed limitation; Seed size; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; PLANT;

GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEED; SEED SIZE;

EID: 0032745512     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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