Priority effects produced by plant litter result in non-additive competitive effects

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-696

  Ladd, Brenton ^a,b   Facelli, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Interaction strength; Leaf litter; Priority effect; Trait mediated indirect effect

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EMERGENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF LITTER; PHYTOMASS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; POACEAE;

EID: 51749102878     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1110-2     Document Type: Article

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