Dispersal and establishment both limit colonization during primary succession on a glacier foreland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Jones, Chad C ^a,b   del Moral, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Seed limitation; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FACILITATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

COLEMAN GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 70350145256     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9586-3     Document Type: Article

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