Interspecific competition in natural plant communities: Mechanisms, trade-offs and plant-soil feedbacks

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 330, 1999, Pages 29-37

  Aerts, Rien ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Growth rate; Litter decomposition; Nutrient retention; Plant strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032941679     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.330.29     Document Type: Article

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