Interference between perennial grassland and Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata seedlings: A case of spatial segregation cause by competition

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Sánchez, Ana M ^a   Peco, Begoña ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Labiatae; Mediterranean scrubland; Root and shoot interference; Seedling mortality; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; PEDUNCULATA; POACEAE;

EID: 3342925272     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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