On the seed mass-regional abundance relationship: The Eriksson & Jakobsson (1998) model does not apply to Danish grasslands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 300-303

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; GRASSLAND; MODEL; SEED PRODUCTION;

EID: 0035025950     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00569.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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