Recycling-mediated facilitation and coexistence based on plant size

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 588-600

  Golubski, Antonio J ^a,b   Gross, Katherine L ^a   Mittelbach, Gary G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal integration; Facilitation; Heterogeneity; Recycling; Resource competition; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONAL GROWTH; COEXISTENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FACILITATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78349276085     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656493     Document Type: Article

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