Root competition: Beyond resource depletion

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-739

  Schenk, H Jochen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Contest competition; Plant diversity; Root signals; Scramble competition; Self inhibition; Size asymmetric competition; Soil heterogeneity; Soil organisms; Soil resource availability

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; ROOT COMPETITION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745270101     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01124.x     Document Type: Review

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