Plant responses to competition and soil origin across a prairie - Forest boundary

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-185

  Peltzer, Duane A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Competition; Elaeagnus commutata; Forest; Grass; Growth; Indirect effects; Plant soil feedback; Prairie; Reciprocal transplant experiment; Shrub

Indexed keywords

FOREST; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT RESPONSE; PRAIRIE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ECOTONE; FOREST; GROWTH FORM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRAIRIE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; ELAEAGNUS COMMUTATA;

EID: 0035026942     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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