Dynamics of Chamerion angustifolium in grassland vegetation over a thirty-nine-year period

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Dunnett, N P ^a   Willis, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chamerion angustifolium; Community dynamics; Competitive exclusion; Decline in vigour; Long term monitoring; Successive replacement

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0034105471     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009800608560     Document Type: Article

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