Small-scale guild proportions and niche complementarity in a Caucasian subalpine hay meadow

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 565-570

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Khetsuriani, Liana ^b   Kikodze, David ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Complementary resource use; Dicot; Monocot; Overyielding; Small scale spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEADOW; NICHE; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 27744521390     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)16[565:SGPANC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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