Linking population density and habitat structure to ecophysiological responses in semiarid Spanish steppes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-204

  Ramírez, David A ^a   Bellot, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass density relationship; Intraspecific competition; Self thinning; Soil connectivity; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHOTOINHIBITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELF THINNING; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 58149185426     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9444-8     Document Type: Article

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