Individuals have limitations, not communities - A response to Marrs, Weiher and Lortie et al.

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 581-582

  Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Plant ecology; Resource; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT; STRESS;

EID: 3042845982     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02299.x     Document Type: Review

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