Local colonization and extinction of field layer plants in a deciduous forest and their dependence upon life history features

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-400

  Fröborg, Heléne ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Plant population dynamics; Recruitment; Scaling effect; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIELD LAYER; FOREST; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL COLONIZATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0344734170     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237329     Document Type: Article

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