Self-thinning lines differ with fertility level

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-28

  Morris, E Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometric self thinning; Biomass packing; Competition intensity; Ocicmum basilicum; Root competition; Self thinning; Shoot competition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ROOT COMPETITION; SELF THINNING; SOIL FERTILITY;

BASILICUM; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0038039007     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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