Canopy occupancy: How much of the space in plant communities is filled?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-338

  Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   Mistral, Maia ^b   Bonini, Ilaria ^a   Anderson, Barbara J ^b   Wilson, J Bastow ^b  

^a Dipartimento de Scienze Ambientali   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community volume; Competition for space; Plant volume; Space filling

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; NEW ZEALAND;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036459887     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02805215     Document Type: Article

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