Community assembly from the local species pool: An experimental study using congeneric species pairs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 385-393

  Tofts, Richard ^a,b   Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CPM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirsium; Community assembly; Dispersal limitation; Galium; Grassland; Grazing; Leontodon; Rumex; Transplants; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CIRSIUM; GALIUM; LEONTODON; RUMEX; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0036224031     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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