Can the age of herbs, dwarf shrubs and shrubs be determined, and if so, how old can they
get? And what possibilities exist for answering ecological questions about plants and …

Jan Bengtsson, TorbjGm Fagerstram and Hhkan Rydin communities 't is useful to distinguish
be-I tween two different, though often overlap**, approaches in studies of plant …

Questions The co‐existence of high numbers of species has always fascinated ecologists,
but what and where are the communities with the world records for plant species richness …

Metapopulation is the ecological term for assemblages of plant and animal species within
larger areas of space, with long-term survival of the species depending on a shifting balance …

We present a model of a source-sink competitive metacommunity, defined as a regional set
of communities in which local diversity is maintained by dispersal. Although the conditions of …

Summary 1 We mapped and identified all trees≥ 10 mm in diameter in 25 ha of lowland wet
forest in Amazonian Ecuador, and found 1104 morphospecies among 152 353 individuals …

In this study we analyse relationships between seed number, seed size, seedling size and
recruitment success in grassland plants. The often hypothesised trade‐off between seed …

Vegetation Ecology: Historical Notes and Outline Page 1 1 Vegetation Ecology: Historical
Notes and Outline Eddy van der Maarel 1 and Janet Franklin 2 1University of Groningen, The …

The conservation or restoration of seminatural vegetation often involves measures that
influence the availability of nutrients and consequently the plant species composition. The …

Two types of species pool are distinguished. The regional species pool is defined as the set
of species, occurring in a certain region (here: Estonia) which are capable of coexisting in a …