Low recruitment across life stages partly accounts for the slow colonization of forest herbs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Baeten, Lander ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^b   Van Calster, Hans ^c   Van Beek, Eric ^b   Devlaeminck, Rebecca ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central Belgium; Competition; Dispersal limitation; Forest herb colonization; Per seed response; Secondary forest succession; Seed sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; GERMINATION; HERB; LAND USE; LITTER; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED; VEGETATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649134332     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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