Effects of disturbance on germination and seedling establishment in a coastal prairie grassland: A test of the competitive release hypothesis

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-302

  Jutila, Heli M ^a,b   Grace, James B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Cutting; Fire; Haying; Light; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BURNING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CUTTING; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; LIGHT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 0036226289     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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