Long-term and fine-scale coexistence of closely related species

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-61

  Rydin, Håkan ^a   Barber, Keith E ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersal; Experiment; Palaeoecology; Persistence; Species pool

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

SWEDEN;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0035037027     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803138     Document Type: Article

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