A test of asymmetric competition in plant monocultures using the maximum likelihood function of a simple growth model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 285-292

  Damgaard, C ^a  

^a Dept of Lake and Estuarine Ecology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brassica napus (oilseed rape); Density; Dominance suppression competition; One sided competition; Plant ecology

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONOCULTURE; PLANT;

EID: 0033559647     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00204-X     Document Type: Article

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