Symmetry of belowground competition in a spatially explicit model of nutrient competition

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 447-453

  Raynaud, Xavier ^a   Leadley, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; Nutrient uptake model; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BELOWGROUND COMPETITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE MODEL; SYMMETRY;

COMPETITION;

KINETICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT COMPETITION; SOIL WATER; SYMMETRY;

EID: 27744603370     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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