Effects of temporal variability on rare plant persistence in annual systems

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-363

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a   Rees, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental fluctuations; Exotic invasion; Grasslands; Rarity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DORMANCY; GRASSLAND; PERSISTENCE; RARE SPECIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 4544225355     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422859     Document Type: Article

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