The relative importance of competition for two dominant grass species as affected by environmental manipulations in the field

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-194

  Corcket, Emmanuel ^a   Liancourt, Pierre ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Michalet, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Brachypodium pinnatum; Bromus erectus; Competition; Drought; Mowing; Shade

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SHADING;

FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAINT-NIZIER D'URIAGE;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS;

EID: 0041402690     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682766     Document Type: Article

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