Spatial and temporal patterns of seed dispersal: An important determinant of grassland invasion

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-316

  DiVittorio, Christopher T ^a,c   Corbin, Jeffrey D ^a,d   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Dispersal; Disturbance; Grassland; Invasion; Restoration; Seed limitation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED RAIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 34247273642     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0610     Document Type: Article

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