Species recruitment in alpine plant communities: The role of species interactions and productivity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1128-1133

  Klanderud, Kari ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competition; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Dispersal; Dryas octopetala heath; Environmental change; Establishment limitation; Fertilization; Seedling emergence; Species richness recovery; Vegetation removal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA;

DRYAS OCTOPETALA;

EID: 77955345554     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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