Measurements of plant competition ability and their applications: A review

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 985-992

  Jiang, Zhi Lin ^a,b   Liu, Wan Xue ^a   Wan, Fang Hao ^a   Li, Zheng Yue ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Competition indices; Competition intensity; Competitive effects; Competitive responses; Outcome of competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 48749104954     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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