Fertilization effects on interactions between above- and belowground competition in an old field

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 466-480

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abutilon theophrasti; Asymmetric competition; Community organization; Nonadditive effects; Old field; Positive interaction; Productivity gradient; Root competition; Root exclusion tubes; Shoot competition

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMPETITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; OLD FIELD;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI;

EID: 0032982671     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0466:FEOIBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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