Community assembly in experimental grasslands: Suitable environment or timely arrival?

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1225-1233

  Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^a,b   Bruun, Hans Henrik ^c   Graae, Bente J ^d  

^a Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diversity; Invasibility; Multiple equilibria; Neutral theory; Niche differentiation; Richness; Species pool; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 33645127124     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1225:CAIEGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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