Gap pattern and colonization opportunities in plant communities: Effects of species richness, mortality, and spatial aggregation

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 777-790

  Li, Zhen Q ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^b   Nijs, Ivan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAP DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 28644445199     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04261.x     Document Type: Article

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