Sowing different mixtures in dry acidic grassland produced priority effects of varying strength

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-116

  Plückers, Christine ^a,b   Rascher, Uwe ^a   Scharr, Hanno ^a   Von Gillhaussen, Philipp ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b   Temperton, Vicky M ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Filter theory; Initial sowing; Invasion; Microsite limitation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84887214724     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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