Competition for patchy soil resources reduces community evenness

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Rajaniemi, Tara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Resource heterogeneity; Root competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MONOCULTURE; RESOURCE USE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 78650719196     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1710-5     Document Type: Article

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