Transient patterns in the assembly of vernal pool plant communities

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3313-3323

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a   Ray, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Community assembly; Endangered species; Grasslands; Lasthenia conjugens; Priority effects; Restoration; USA; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPHEMERAL POOL; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LASTHENIA CONJUGENS;

EID: 72949115765     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2155.1     Document Type: Article

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