Designs for greenhouse studies of interactions between plants: An analytical perspective

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 386-391

  Freckleton, R P ^a   Watkinson, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competitive hierarchy; Experimental design; Nonlinear model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GREENHOUSE; PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPETITION;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034124420     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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