Plant species diversity as a driver of early succession in abandoned fields: A multi-site approach

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-99

  Van Der Putten, W H ^a   Mortimer, S R ^c   Hedlund, K ^b   Van Dijk, C ^a   Brown, V K ^c   Leps J ^f   Rodriguez Barrueco, C ^e   Roy, J ^d   Diaz Len, T A ^e   Gormsen, D ^b   Korthals, G W ^a   Lavorel, S ^d   Santa Regina, I ^e   Smilauer, P ^f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Invasiveness; Land use changes; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033866711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050028     Document Type: Article

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