Recruitment advantage of large seeds is greater in shaded habitats

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-507

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a   Ten Brink, Dirk Jan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonization competition; Colonization establishment; Litter; Seed size seed number; Seedling recruitment; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT TYPE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 58149218221     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3147     Document Type: Article

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