On the coexistence of perennial plants by the competition-colonization trade-off

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 350-354

  Kisdi, Éva ^a   Geritz, Stefan A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Coexistence; Colonization; Perennial plants; Replacement competition; Safe site model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; NOTE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037329033     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345855     Document Type: Note

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