Recruitment limitation constrains local species richness and productivity in dry grassland

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 942-951

  Zeiter, M ^a   Stampfli, A ^a   Newbery, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ecosystem functioning; Germination; Invasibility; Meadow restoration; Mesobromion; Microsite limitation; Regeneration; Seed limitation; Seedling establishment; Sowing experiment; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GERMINATION; MEADOW; PHYTOMASS; SEED RAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; POACEAE; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 33646135790     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[942:RLCLSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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