Experimental derivation of functions relating growth of Arabidopsis thaliana to neighbour size and distance

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 882-894

  Purves, D W ^a,b   Law, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Competition indices; Gompertz equation; Monocultures; Zone of influence

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0036792978     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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