Constraints on colonization and species richness along a grassland productivity gradient: The role of propagule availability

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 530-535

  Foster, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Grassland; Productivity gradient; Propagule availability; Species pools; Species richness; Standing crop

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASSLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROPAGULE; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0035193564     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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