Tragedy of the commons as a result of root competition

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 660-669

  Gersani, Mordechai ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   O'Brien, Erin E ^b   Maina, Godfrey M ^b   Abramsky, Zvika ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ESS; Game theory; Glycine max; Legume; Nutrient foraging; Plant behaviour; Root competition; Soybeans; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLASSHOUSE; MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT NUTRIENT; ROOT GROWTH; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SPACE;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ROOT COMPETITION; YIELD;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0034886765     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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