Light reduction predicts widespread patterns of dominance between asters and goldenrods

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Banta, Joshua A ^a   Stark, Scott C ^b   Stevens, Martin H H ^c   Pendergast IV, Thomas H ^d   Baumert, Anthony ^d   Carson, Walter P ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster; Aster novae angliae; Aster pilosus; Aster prenanthoides; Euthamia graminifolia; Forb; Goldenrod; Light competition; Old fields; Resource reduction competition; Solidago canadensis; Solidago gigantea; Solidago rugosa

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUTHAMIA GRAMINIFOLIA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA; SOLIDAGO RUGOSA; SYMPHYOTRICHUM NOVAE-ANGLIAE; SYMPHYOTRICHUM PILOSUM PILOSUM; SYMPHYOTRICHUM PRENANTHOIDES;

EID: 52549116991     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9412-3     Document Type: Article

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