The population dynamics and community ecology of root hemiparasitic plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Smith, David ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of parasitism; Pairwise interactions; Plant population dynamics; Resource based competition; Root parasitism

Indexed keywords

HEMIPARASITE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034096088     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303294     Document Type: Article

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