Post-dispersal seed predation of woody forest species limits recolonization of forest plantations on ex-arable land

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Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-356

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a   Valtinat, Karin ^b,c   Kollmann, Johannes ^d   Brunet, Jörg ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ängelholm Municipality ^*  (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Dispersal ability; Forest restoration; Habitat limitation; Land use history; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; LAND USE; PLANTATION; RECOLONIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

SWEDEN;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA PENDULA; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; SORBUS INTERMEDIA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM OPULUS;

EID: 77958467212     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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