Variation in species richness on small grassland quadrats: niche structure or small‐scale plant mobility?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 741-752

  Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a,b   Noest, Vera ^a   Palmer, Michael W ^a,c  

^a Department of Ecological Botany ^*

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alvar; Carousel model; Facilitation; Guild; Niche limitation; Spatial dependence; land

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GRASSLAND; NICHE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0028995338     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236445     Document Type: Article

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