Long-term assessment of seed limitation in plants: Results from an 11-year experiment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1224-1232

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a   Münzbergova, Zuzana ^b,c   Diekmann, Martin ^d   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal limitation; Metapopulation dynamics; Patch occupancy; Perennial herbs; Plant distributions; Recruitment; Seed sowing; Soil nutrients; Transplantation experiments; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 33749441136     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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