Interspecific differences in above-ground growth patterns result in spatial and temporal partitioning of light among species in a tall-grass meadow

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-597

  Anten, Niels P R ^a,b   Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Canopy model; Coexistence; Miscanthus sinensis; Niche separation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEADOW; PARTITIONING; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SHOOT GROWTH;

ASTILBE THUNBERGII; LESPEDEZA BICOLOR; LYSIMACHIA CLETHROIDES; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; POTENTILLA FREYNIANA;

EID: 0032789456     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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