Towards a more exact definition of the importance of competition - a reply to Freckleton et al. (2009)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 719-724

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Brooker, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Competition; Competition importance; Facilitation; Indices; Neighbour effects; Plant interactions; Population dynamics; Productivity gradients; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77954735157     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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