Recruitment in species-rich grasslands: The effects of functional traits and propagule pressure

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-269

  Öster, Mathias ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

assembly rules; recruitment limitation; seed size; semi natural grassland; SLA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863968236     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr027     Document Type: Article

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