Factors restricting plant growth in a boreal forest understory: a field test of the relative importance of abiotic and biotic factors

This study tests some of the conflicting predictions made by Grime (1977, 1979) and Tilman (1982, 1988) on how competition intensity changes along a gradient of nutrient availability. This was tested by applying three levels of nutrients (fertilizer treatments) and by varying the amount of neighb...

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Main Author: Arii, Ken
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4523

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