Timing of disturbance and coexistence in a species-rich ruderal plant community

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3277-3288

  Crawley, Michael J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coexistence; Cultivation; Disturbance; Phenology; Regeneration niche; Ruderal plant community; Seed bank; Silwood Park (UK); Species richness; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 11844258307     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0804     Document Type: Article

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