Secondary succession in an experimentally fragmented landscape: Community patterns across space and time

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1267-1279

  Cook, William M ^a   Yao, Jin ^b   Foster, Bryan L ^c   Holt, Robert D ^d   Patrick, L Brian ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Habitat fragmentation; Island theory; Old fields; Patch size and distance effects; Prairie forest ecotone; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness; Succession; Turnover

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444379993     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0320     Document Type: Article

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