Density regulation in annual plant communities under variable resource levels

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-252

  Shilo Volin, Hagit ^a   Novoplansky, Ariel ^a   Goldberg, Deborah E ^b   Turkington, Roy ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 13444293346     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.12904.x     Document Type: Article

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