Dispersal, recruitment and site occupancy of grassland plants in fragmented habitats

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-253

  Kiviniemi, Katariina ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0032872994     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546442     Document Type: Article

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