Contrasting effects of plant neighbours on invading Ulmus rubra seedlings in a successional grassland

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-531

  Ross, Adam L ^a   Foster, Bryan L ^a   Loving, Galen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Grassland; Kansas; Prairie forest ecotone; Ulmus rubra; Water supply; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASSLAND; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ULMUS; ULMUS RUBRA;

EID: 0346277134     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682801     Document Type: Article

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