Do plants ever compete for space?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-436

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a   Steel, J Baron ^a   Steel, Samantha Leah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clements; Competition; Radish; Raphanus sativus; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH; PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED; SOWING;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 63149173727     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861704     Document Type: Article

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