Resource competition and suppression of plants colonizing early successional old fields

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Kosola, Kevin R ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Belowground competition; Nitrogen acquisition; Old field succession

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLD FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIFOLIA;

EID: 0032926027     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050704     Document Type: Article

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