Soil nutrient heterogeneity alters competition between two perennial grass species

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2534-2546

  Fransen, B ^a   De Kroon, H ^a   Berendse, F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthoxanthum odoratum; Competition; Festuca rubra; Grasses, perennial; Heterogeneity, soil nutrients; Morphological and physiological plasticity; Nutrients in soils; Plant competition underground; Replacement design; Root foraging; Soil nutrient heterogeneity changes competition

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT COMPETITION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; FESTUCA RUBRA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034794439     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2534:SNHACB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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