Are competitive effect and response two sides of the same coin, or fundamentally different?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-207

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Stieglitz, Tara ^a   Zhou, Dao Wei ^c   Cahill Jr , James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Competitive effect; Competitive response; Functional ecology; Plant competition; Plant traits; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRAIRIE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SOIL FERTILITY;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 73949158467     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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