Experimental evidence rejects pairwise modelling approach to coexistence in plant communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1569, 2005, Pages 1279-1285

  Dormann, Carsten F ^a   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community ecology; Competition; Diversity; Experiment; Lotka Volterra

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24044483917     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3066     Document Type: Article

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