 Competition is purely a physical process. With few exceptions, such as the crowding up of tuberous plants when grown too closely, an actual struggle between competing plants never occurs. Competition arises from the reaction of one plant upon the physical...  Competition and Succession in Pastures - Page 3edited by - 2000 - 322 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Frederic Edward Clements - Ecology - 1907 - 346 pages
...process. With a few exceptions, such as the crowding up of tuberous plants when grown too closely, an actual struggle between competing plants never...effect of these modified factors upon its competitors. In the exact sense, two plants, no matter how close, do not compete with each other as long as the... | |
 | Joel Bartholemew Hagen - Science - 1992 - 284 pages
...biological. "Competition," Clements wrote, "is purely a physical process. With few exceptions . . . an actual struggle between competing plants never...of these modified factors upon its competitors."" Thus, for example, water absorbed by one plant was unavailable to others. Although such competition... | |
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