The fate of sheep-dispersed seeds: Plant species emergence and spatial patterns

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 656-665

  Wit, Saskia Wessels de ^a   Schwabe, Angelika ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal vector; Epizoochory; Post dispersal processes; Restoration; Seed limitation; Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices (SADIE)

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHEEP; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TRAMPLING;

JURINEA CYANOIDES; KOELERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79951775074     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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