Measuring the importance of competition: A new formulation of the problem

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Damgaard, Christian ^a   Fayolle, Adeline ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecological success; Environmental gradient; Fitness; Importance; Intensity; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; GRASS; HERBICIDE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; FESTUCA OVINA;

EID: 72249115198     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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