Ecological and genetic correlates of long-term population trends in the Park Grass Experiment

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 409-420

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   McConway, Kevin J ^a   Hughes, Zoe ^a   Biss, Pamela ^a   Macnair, Mark ^a   Lutman, Peter ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Genetic diversity; Grass land; Interspecific competition; Long term experiment; Metapopulation dynamics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036795310     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342071     Document Type: Article

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