Limits to convergence of vegetation during early primary succession

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-488

  Del Moral, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoinformatics; Long term permanent plot; Mount St. Helens; Primary succession; Succession trajectory; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

LUPINUS; LUPINUS LEPIDUS;

EID: 34250010864     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[479:LTCOVD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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