Interactions between root and shoot competition among four plant species in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-220

  Song, Minghua ^a   Tian, Yuqiang ^a   Xu, Xingliang ^a   Hu, Qiwu ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Competitive response; Root competition; Shoot competition

Indexed keywords

MEADOW; PLANT; ROOT; SHOOT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS NUTANS; KOBRESIA HUMILIS; SAUSSUREA; SAUSSUREA SUPERBA; STIPA;

EID: 33646009981     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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