Resource competition among plants: From maximizing individuals to community structure

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-212

  Tschirhart, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual optimization; Integration with economics; Plant communities; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0037084599     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00439-2     Document Type: Article

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