Lessons from primary succession for restoration of severely damaged habitats

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-67

  Walker Lawrence, R ^a   Del Moral, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Life history; Models; Nutrients; Retrogressive succession; Species interactions; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249127211     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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