Oak canopy effects on the distribution patterns of two annual grasses: The role of competition and soil nutrients

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1699-1706

  Rice, Kevin J ^a   Nagy, Eric S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grasses; Bromus; California; Oak canopy; Plant competition; Poaceae; Quercus; Soil nutrients; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION; GRASSLAND; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS; POACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 0033676406     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656747     Document Type: Article

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