Interactions between root and shoot competition vary among species

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-112

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOT; SHOOT;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS;

EID: 0036773860     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990111.x     Document Type: Article

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