Sources of plants colonizing experimentally disturbed patches in an acidic grassland, in eastern England

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1032-1041

  Pakeman, R J ^a   Attwood, J P ^b   Engelen, J ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endozoochory; Rabbit grazing; Secondary succession; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; REGENERATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLONIZATION; FECAL PELLET; GRASSLAND; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; SEED BANK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032440970     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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