Plants are least suppressed by their frequent neighbours: The relationship between competitive ability and spatial aggregation patterns

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1313-1321

  Semchenko, Marina ^a   Abakumova, Maria ^a   Lepik, Anu ^a   Zobel, Kristjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Competitive response; Dispersal ability; Growth form; Intraspecific aggregation; Plant plant interactions; Spatial patterns; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883301449     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12127     Document Type: Article

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