Effects of arrival order and seed size on germination of grassland plants: Are there assembly rules during recruitment?

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-239

  Eriksson, Ove ^a   Eriksson, Åsa ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community assembly; Population dynamics; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031697391     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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