Modelling the Population Dynamics of Root Hemiparasitic Plants Along a Productivity Gradient

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-442

  Fibich, Pavel ^a   Lepš, Jan ^a,b   Berec, Luděk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hemiparasites; Light competition; Productivity gradient; Rosenzweig MacArthur model

Indexed keywords

HEMIPARASITE; HOST PLANT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODELING; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOT;

EID: 78650212416     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9080-7     Document Type: Article

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