Competitive abilities among seedlings of three tree species differing in seed size: A garden experiment using species of Chilean temperate forest

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-603

  Chacón, Paulina ^a   Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Final shoot length; Plant interspecific competition; Relative growth rate; Seed size

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; GARDEN; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

DRIMYS; DRIMYS WINTERI; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA LINGUE; PEUMUS BOLDUS;

EID: 39049142773     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509741     Document Type: Article

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