Evidence for limiting similarity in a sand dune community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 557-567

  Stubbs, Wendy J ^a   Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Coexistence mechanisms; Functional types; Niche limitation; Root characters

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DUNE; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 3943096739     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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