Competition, seed limitation, disturbance, and reestablishment of California native annual forbs

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-592

  Seabloom, Eric W ^a   Borer, Elizabeth T ^b   Boucher, Virginia L ^b,c   Burton, Rebecca S ^a,d   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,e   Goldwasser, Lloyd ^b,f   Gram, Wendy K ^a,g   Kendall, Bruce E ^a,b   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALVERNO COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California grasslands; Community; Competition; Disturbance; Environmental gradients; Exotic species; Fire; Invasion; Microsite limitation; Restoration; Seed limitation; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344792851     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0575:CSLDAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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