The effect of initial seed density on the structure of a desert annual plant community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 435-445

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a,b   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Competition; Density dependence; Life stage; Soil moisture; Topographic position

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DESERT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0036274543     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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