Seed size and recruitment patterns in a gradient from grassland to forest

Ecoscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-147

  Lönnberg, Karin ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

habitat; recruitment; seed size; seedling establishment; seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84865761954     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/19-2-3521     Document Type: Article

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