Growth limitation of Lemna minor due to high plant density

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-251

  Driever, Steven M ^a   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Roijackers, Rudi M M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Crowding; Growth rate; Inverse density dependence; Lemnaceae; Model

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARACEAE; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 16244387989     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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