Slow plants in a fast forest: Local dispersal as a predictor of species frequencies in a dynamic landscape

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-59

  Matlack, Glenn R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dynamic landscape; Forest fragmentation; Forest herbs; Land use history; Landscape modelling; Plant migration; Reid's paradox; Seed dispersal; Species impoverishment

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DELAWARE; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 13544260699     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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