Characterizing the size dependence of resource acquisition within crowded plant populations

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1072-1085

  Berntson, G M ^a   Wayne, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Betula alleghaniensis; Distribution modifying function; Plant plant interactions; Resource competition; Resource preemption; Size asymmetric competition; Size symmetric competition; Size uptake relationships (SURs)

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PLANT; RESOURCE USE; SIZE EFFECT;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS;

EID: 0033920069     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1072:CTSDOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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