Dispersal, not Understory Light Competition, Limits Restoration of Iowa Woodland Understory Herbs

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Brudvig, Lars A ^a,b   Mabry, Catherine M ^a   Mottl, Larissa M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Dispersal limitation; Establishment limitation; Oak hickory woodland; Seed addition; Species diversity; Understory control

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODLAND;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651287084     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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