Canopy gaps are sites of reduced belowground plant competition in a productive old field

Plant Ecology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a,b   Casper, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abutilon theophrasti; Favorable microsite; Root competition; Root gaps; Succession

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY GAP; OLD FIELD; ROOT COMPETITION; SUCCESSION;

ABUTILON; ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI;

EID: 0037281611     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021228204599     Document Type: Article

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