Pattern and process: Competition causes regular spacing of individuals within plant populations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 395-403

  Stoll, Peter ^a,b   Bergius, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Asymmetric; Density dependence; Individual based; Intraspecific; Pattern formation; Phenotypic plasticity; Simulation model; Spatial pattern; Symmetric

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MORTALITY; SIZE; SPACING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 16844363488     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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