Fine-scale spatio-temporal patterns in a mountain grassland: Do species replace each other in a regular fashion?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Herben, Tomáš ^a   Krahulec, František ^a   Hadincová, Věra ^a   Pecháčková, Sylvie ^a   Kovářová, Marcela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Functional differentiation; Monte Carlo test; Permanent plot; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031454022     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237350     Document Type: Article

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