Evaluating the relationship between competition and productivity within a Native Grassland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Bennett, Jonathan A ^a   Cahill, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PLANT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84865190362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043703     Document Type: Article

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