The Relative Importance of Pre- and Post-germination Determinants for Recruitment of an Annual Plant Community on Moving Sandy Land | Zendy

Fengrui Li | Zendy; Liya Zhao | Zendy; Xueyong Zhao | Zendy; Tonghui Zhang | Zendy; Guangdi Li | Zendy

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The Relative Importance of Pre- and Post-germination Determinants for Recruitment of an Annual Plant Community on Moving Sandy Land

Author(s) -

Fengrui Li,

Liya Zhao,

Xueyong Zhao,

Tonghui Zhang,

Guangdi Li

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mci271

Subject(s) - biology , germination , botany , ecology

The relative importance of pre- and post-germination determinants for recruitment of natural plant communities is rarely explored. An annual plant community on moving sandy land was chosen for a case study. Answers to the following questions were sought: (a) Does recruitment of new individuals within the community of annual plants differ in time and space? (b) Is there spatial concordance between seed deposition, seedling emergence, survival and recruitment? (c) What are the direct and indirect effects of pre- and post-germination determinants on plant recruitment.

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