Competitive effects of grasses and woody plants in mixed-grass prairie

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 519-527

  Peltzer, Duane A ^a,b   Köchy, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Landmark Research   (New Zealand)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Facilitation; Grassland; Interspecific interactions; Per gram effects of vegetation; Prairie; Resource availability; Seedling growth; Shrub grass competition

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRAIRIE; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ABUNDANCE; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PERSISTENCE; PRAIRIE; WOODY PLANT;

BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS COMMUTATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034890014     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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