Plant Competition in a Changing World

• Main Author: Judy Simon (auth)
• Other Authors: Susanne Schmidt (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; conservation; Global Warming; Climate Change; invasion; plant-plant interactions; competition; facilitation; Allelochemicals
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Competitiveness describes a key ability important for plants to grow and survive abiotic and biotic stresses. Under optimal, but particularly under non-optimal conditions, plants compete for resources including nutrients, light, water, space, pollinators and other. Competition occurs above- and belo...