Interactive effects of soil moisture, vegetation canopy, plant litter and seed addition on plant diversity in a wetland community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 976-986

  Xiong, Shaojun ^a,b   Johansson, Mats E ^b   Hughes, Francine M R ^a   Hayes, Adrian ^a   Richards, Keith S ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leaf litter; Plant community; Seed addition; Species interactions; Species richness; Vegetation canopy; Water availability; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WETLAND;

CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WICKEN FEN;

EID: 0347382788     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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