comparative approach to predicting competitive ability from plant traits

A study provides a general predictive tool for studying competition in natural plant communities and represents a major step in escaping the current phenomenological approach to competition in community ecology.

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Published in:Nature (London) 1988-07, Vol.334 (6179), p.242-243
Main Authors: Gaudet, C.L, Keddy, P.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Community ecology
competitive ability
Demecology
Ecology
Flowers & plants
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetics
Lythrum salicaria
penthorum sedoides
Plant communities
Plants and fungi
prediction
traits
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Summary:A study provides a general predictive tool for studying competition in natural plant communities and represents a major step in escaping the current phenomenological approach to competition in community ecology.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/334242a0