Importance and intensity of competition along a fertility gradient and across species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-464

  Gaucherand, Stéphanie ^a   Liancourt, Pierre ^b,c   Lavorel, Sandra ^b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal area; Competition intensity; Functional traits; Phytometer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALCEMILLA XANTHOCHLORA; ALCHEMILLA; CHAEROPHYLLUM HIRSUTUM; FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 33749553110     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[455:IAIOCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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