Strain and vegetation effects on local limiting resources explain the outcomes of biotic interactions

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-19

  Gross, N ^a,b   Liancourt, P ^c   Choler, P ^a,b   Suding, K N ^d   Lavorel, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dominant and subordinate species; Facilitation; Standing biomass; Strain; Subalpine grasslands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 75849121451     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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