Abstract
Survival, fecundity and growth showed small responses to the density manipulations. In large individuals these traits tended to decrease with increasing density; small plants were in several respects favoured by more crowded conditions. Mortality at the seedling stage as well as density-independent determinants of growth appear to maintain the adult population below the threshold at which neighbour interactions have strong effects.-from Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1049-1063 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Ecology |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |