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Twenty contributions focus on how plants compete, and on the consequences of their competition, particularly as it affects the structure and dynamics of plant communities. Although a variety of divergent conceptual frameworks is presented, the editors stress and clarify the underlying definitions t.
Perspectives on the determinants of competitive success. Perspectives on plant competition : some introductory remarks / James Grace, David Tilman -- Apparent versus "real" competition in plants / Joseph H. Connell -- Components of resource competition in plant communities / Deborah E. Goldberg -- On the relationship between plant traits and competitive ability / James B. Grace -- The application of plant population dynamic models to understanding plant competition / John A. Silander, Jr., Stephen W. Pacala -- Competition and nutrient availability in heathland and grassland ecosystems / Frank Berendse, Wim Th. Elberse -- Mechanisms of plant competition for nutrients : the elements of a predictive theory of competition / David Tilman -- Allelopathy, Koch's postulates, and the neck riddle / G. Bruce Williamson -- The role of competition in community structure. On the effects of competition : from monocultures to mixtures / L.G. Firbank, A.R. Watkinson -- Phytoplankton nutrient competition-- from laboratory to lake / U. Sommer.
(cont.) Community theory and competition in vegetation / M.P. Austin -- Plant-plant interactions in successional environments / F.A. Bazzaz -- Competitive hierarchies and centrifugal organization in plant communities / Paul A. Keddy -- Disorderliness in plant communities : comparisons, causes, and consequences / Norma L. Fowler -- The role of competition in structuring pasture communities / Roy Turkington, Loyal A. Mehrhoff -- The role of competition in agriculture / S.R. Radosevich, M.L. Roush -- The impact of herbivores, parasites, and symbionts on competition. The mediation of competition by mycorrhizae in successional and patchy environments / Edith B. Allen, Michael F. Allen -- The impact of parasitic and mutualistic fungi on competitive interactions among plants / Keith Clay -- Herbivore influences on plant performance and competitive interactions / Svaťa M. Louda, Kathleen H. Keeler, Robert D. Holt -- Predation, herbivory, and plant strategies along gradients of primary productivity / Lauri Oksanen.
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