Environmental limitation contributes to the differential colonization capacity of two forest herbs

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Baeten, Lander ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Herb layer recovery; Introduction experiment; Phosphorus; Post agricultural forest; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; LONGEVITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

GEUM; GEUM URBANUM; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 65349163421     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05595.x     Document Type: Article

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