On the mechanisms of coexistence among annual-plant species, using neighbourhood techniques and simulation models

Plant Ecology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-38

  Coomes, David A ^a   Rees, Mark ^a   Turnbull, Lindsay ^a   Ratcliffe, Sophia ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Density dependence; Dispersal; Dunes; Environmental variation; Maximum likelihood; Seed size; Winter annuals

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; DUNE;

AIRA; AIRA PRAECOX; ERODIUM; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM;

EID: 0036418655     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020332305508     Document Type: Article

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