Interactions of the Hemiparasitic Species Rhinanthus minor with its Host Plant Community at Two Nutrient Levels

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-424

  Mudrák, Ondřej ^a,b,d   Lepš, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Density dependence; Manipulative experiment; Root hemiparasite; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HEMIPARASITE; HOST PLANT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ROOT; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; RHINANTHUS MINOR;

EID: 78650186364     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9078-1     Document Type: Article

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