Competition, facilitation, and the distribution of Schizachyrium scoparium along a topographic-productivity gradient

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-363

  Foster, Bryan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Schizachyrium scoparium; Topographic productivity gradient

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 0036385461     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682723     Document Type: Article

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