Dispersal and seed limitation affect diversity and productivity of montane grasslands

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1469-1478

  Stein, Claudia ^a,b   Auge, Harald ^a   Fischer, Markus ^b,c   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^d   Prati, Daniel ^b,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 52049118508     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16766.x     Document Type: Article

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