Multi-scale regulated plant community dynamics: Mechanisms and implications

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Szabó, Péter ^a   Meszéna, Géza ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 33846457329     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15170.x     Document Type: Article

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