Competition for light and nitrogen among grassland species: A simulation analysis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-164

  Schippers, P ^a,b   Kropff, M J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive asymmetry; Patchiness; Spatial model; Succession; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT; NITROGEN;

EID: 0035053821     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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