Woody species colonisation in relation to habitat productivity

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Smit, R ^a   Olff, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal mode; Life forms; Life history traits; Old fields; Perennial sward

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COLONIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; WOODY PLANT;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0031646849     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009750216223     Document Type: Article

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