Size hierarchy and stability in competitive plant populations

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 949-961

  Yokozawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

EID: 0032867612     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bulm.1999.0120     Document Type: Article

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