Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Leland Russell, F ^a   Roy, Ananya ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem productivity; Over seeding; Seed mass; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOODPLAIN; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRAIRIE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; KANSAS; LIGHT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55949104882     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1159-y     Document Type: Article

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