Using upper boundary constraints to quantify competitive response of desert annuals

Oikos

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Lessin, Laura M ^a   Dyer, Andrew R ^a,b   Goldberg, Deborah E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPETITION; GROWTH RATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED SIZE;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0035138516     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920118.x     Document Type: Article

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