Plants that differ in height investment can coexist if they are distributing non-uniformly within an area

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 182-191

  Pronk, T E ^a   Schieving, F ^a   Anten, N P R ^a   Werger, M J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Game theory; Height growth; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548700350     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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