Dispersal limitation and patch occupancy in forest herbs

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1667-1674

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a,b   Eriksson, Ove ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonization; Deciduous forest; Dispersal; Establishment experiments; Metapopulation dynamics; Patch occupancy; Perennial herbs; Recruitment limitation; Seed size; Seed sowing; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; LIMITING FACTOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0033937351     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1667:DLAPOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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