Plant root proliferation in nitrogen–rich patches confers competitive advantage

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  1999-03-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1098/rspb.1999.0656PMCID PMC1689792
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