Dispersal strategies and spatial organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1522-1532

  Pueyo, Y ^a   Kefi, S ^a   Alados, C L ^b   Rietkerk, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER USE;

EID: 52049091249     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16735.x     Document Type: Article

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