Seed availability and recruitment of the perennial herb sanicula europaea

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 526-532

  Gustafsson, Christel ^b   Ehrlén, Johan ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Habitat suitability; Patch occupancy; Perennial forest herb; Plant transplantation; Sanicula europaea; Seed sowing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT QUALITY; LIMITING FACTOR; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

OLAND; SWEDEN;

SANICULA; SANICULA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0036927585     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682740     Document Type: Article

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