Competition and body size in plants: The between-species trade-off for maximum potential versus minimum reproductive threshold size

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-122

  Tracey, Amanda J ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coexistence; competition; fitness; old field; reproductive economy; species size distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052218598     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr008     Document Type: Article

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