Dispersal and recruitment limitation contribute differently to community assembly

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Peng, Zechen ^a   Zhou, Shurong ^a   Zhang, Da Yong ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

community; diversity; neutral theory; SAD; SAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862945414     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr041     Document Type: Article

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