Competitive hierarchy for four common old-field plant species depends on resource identity and availability

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-176

  Fortner, Allison M ^a,b   Weltzin, Jake F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive hierarchy; Dactylis glomerata; Festuca elatior; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Old field; Plantago lanceolata; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLD FIELD; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; YIELD;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ELATIOR; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 34547744417     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2007)134[166:CHFFCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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