A test of three juvenile plant competitive response strategies

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Carlyle, Cameron N ^a,b   Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light limitation; Plant competition; Trait screening; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEADOW; PLANT; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644537361     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0011:ATOTJP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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