Assessing competition intensity along productivity gradients using a simple model

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1486-1491

  Arii, Ken ^a   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Light; Model; Nutrient; Productivity gradient

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPETITION INTENSITY; PLANT ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0035719958     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-79-12-1486     Document Type: Article

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