Strong microsite control of seedling recruitment in tundra

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 565-576

  Graae, Bente J ^a,b   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^c   Lang, Simone I ^d   Meineri, Eric ^a,e   Ibarra, Pablo T ^f   Bruun, Hans Henrik ^g,h  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpine; Arctic; Invasibility; Microclimate; Seed limitation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NICHE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUNDRA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDLING; SWEDEN;

ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79956045298     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1878-8     Document Type: Article

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