Plant regeneration directs changes in grassland composition after extreme drought: A 13-year study in southern Switzerland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 568-576

  Stampfli, A ^a   Zeiter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community stability; Competition; Disturbance; Invasibility; Permanent plot; Plant succession; Plant weather relations; Regeneration by seed; Time series

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; GRASSLAND; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 3943052765     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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