Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 404-413

  Helsen, Kenny ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Chalk grassland; Chronosequence; Community assembly; Emergent groups; Functional traits; Generalist species; Landscape; Specialist species

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENERALIST; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84875668513     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12037     Document Type: Article

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