Competition is a strong driving factor in wetlands, peaking during drying out periods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Merlin, Amandine ^a,b   Bonis, Anne ^a   Damgaard, Christian F ^c   Mesléard, François ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WETLAND; ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; FLOODS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84936887939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130152     Document Type: Article

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