Pattern and process in the plant community: Fifty years after A.S. Watt

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-28

  Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest gap; Limestone grassland; Patch dynamics; Small scale dynamics; Species mobility

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIMESTONE GRASSLAND; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0030439054     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236412     Document Type: Article

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