Functional groups and dispersal strategies as guides for predicting vegetation dynamics on reclaimed mines

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1759-1775

  Alday, Josu G ^a,b   Pallavicini, Yésica ^b,c   Marrs, Rob H ^a   Martínez Ruiz, Carolina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Valladolid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Life forms; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Soil variables; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAIMED LAND; SKEWNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 80054016598     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9947-6     Document Type: Article

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