Reduced colonization capacity in fragmented populations of wind-dispersed grassland forbs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1033-1043

  Soons, Merel B ^a   Heil, Gerrit W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Germination; Habitat fragmentation; Population size; Seed production; Site productivity; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; COLONIZATION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; CIRSIUM; HYPOCHAERIS; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; SUCCISA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0036914781     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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