Consequences of differing competitive abilities between juvenile and adult plants

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 502-512

  Lamb, Eric G ^a   Cahill, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWERING; MORTALITY; PERENNIAL PLANT;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS;

EID: 33645121877     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14351.x     Document Type: Article

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