An island biogeographical view of the successional pathway in wet dune slacks

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 781-788

  Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Local factor; Regional factor; Species accumulation; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DUNE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

EID: 1142293975     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02210.x     Document Type: Article

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