Predictability of plant species composition from environmental conditions is constrained by dispersal limitation

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 555-561

  Ozinga, Wim A ^a,d   Schaminée, Joop H J ^d   Bekker, Renée M ^b   Bonn, Susanne ^c   Poschlod, Peter ^c   Tackenberg, Oliver ^c   Bakker, Jan ^b   Van Groenendael, Jan M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 5444220831     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13632.x     Document Type: Article

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