The shape of things to come: Woodland herb niche contraction begins during recruitment in mesic forest microhabitat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1710, 2011, Pages 1390-1398

  Warren, Robert J ^a   Bradford, Mark A ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Hepatica nobilis; Hexastylis arifolia; Recruitment; Regeneration niche; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HERB; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; TOLERANCE; WOODLAND;

HEPATICA NOBILIS; HEXASTYLIS ARIFOLIA;

EID: 79953293592     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1886     Document Type: Article

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