David and Goliath: Comparative use of facilitation and competition studies in the plant ecology literature

Web Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 54-57

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FACILITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 69249246717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-9-54-2009     Document Type: Article

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