Exclusion of root competition increases competitive abilities of subordinate plant species through root-shoot interactions

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1148-1158

  Mariotte, P ^a,b   Buttler, A ^a,b,c   Johnson, D ^d   Thebault A ^a   Vandenberghe, C ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Competitive effect and response; Competitive hierarchy; Plant plant interactions; Root competition; Subordinate species

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; WOODLAND;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84869090756     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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