To compete or not to compete: An experimental study of interactions between plant species with contrasting root behaviour

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1433-1445

  Semchenko, Marina ^a,b   Zobel, Kristjan ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Coexistence; Competition; Growth strategy; Resource allocation; Root behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAME THEORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAMET; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOTING; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA VESCA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GLECHOMA; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA;

EID: 78649987436     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9401-6     Document Type: Article

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