Competition, traits and resource depletion in plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-755

  Violle, Cyrille ^a   Garnier, Eric ^a   Lecoeur, Jérémie ^b   Roumet, Catherine ^a   Podeur, Cécile ^a   Blanchard, Alain ^a   Navas, Marie Laure ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive effect; Competitive response; Phytometer; Plant functional trait; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONOCULTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; WATER;

EID: 67649202743     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1333-x     Document Type: Article

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