Competitive effects of shrubs and grasses in prairie

Oikos

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 385-395

  Köchy, Martin ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION; GRASS; PRAIRIE; SHRUB;

(WEST); CANADA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0034511937     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.910219.x     Document Type: Article

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