Spatial aggregation facilitates coexistence and diversity of wild plant species in field margins

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Wassmuth, Birte Eleen ^a   Stoll, Peter ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Thies, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annuals; Biodiversity conservation; Interspecific and intraspecific competition; Seeding pattern

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD MARGIN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEEDLING; SOWING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BROMUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS HORDEACEUS; CALENDULA; CALENDULA ARVENSIS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CYANUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 64049085363     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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