Early life-history stages drive community reassembly in Australian old-fields

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-731

  Scott, Andrew J ^a   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual forb; Biological soil crust; Microsite limitation; Secondary succession; Seed bank; Seed limitation; Seedling recruitment; Soil resources

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84863515970     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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