Establishment limitation reduces species recruitment and species richness as soil resources rise

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-347

  Henry, M ^a   Stevens, H ^a   Bunker, Daniel E ^b   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^c   Carson, Walter P ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical lognormal species abundance distribution; Colonization; Competition; Diversity; Extinction; Immigration; Litter; Productivity; Richness; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RECRUITMENT; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 1842587084     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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