Fine-scale spatial patterns in grassland communities depend on species clonal dispersal ability and interactions with neighbours

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 626-636

  Benot, M L ^a,b,c   Bittebiere, A K ^a   Ernoult, A ^a   Clément, Bernard ^a   Mony, Cendrine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Competitive neighbourhood characteristics; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; O ring statistics; Phalanx vs. guerilla strategy; Spatial structure; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAMET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876675346     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12066     Document Type: Article

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