Modelling the competitiveness of clonal plants by complementary analytical and simulation approaches

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-233

  Winkler, Eckart ^a   Fischer, Markus ^b   Schmid, Bernhard ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; COMPETITIVENESS; LIFE HISTORY; MODELING;

EID: 0033025849     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546488     Document Type: Article

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