Dispersal and seed limitation affect diversity and productivity of montane grasslands
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C. Stein ([email protected]) and H. Auge, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Dept of Community Ecology, TheodorLieser-Str. 4, DE 06120 Halle, Germany. CS, M. Fischer and D. Prati, Inst. for Biochemistry and Biology, Dept of Community Ecology and Systematic Botany, Univ. of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, DE-14469 Potsdam, Germany. MF and DP also at: Inst. of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH 3013, Switzerland. W. W. Weisser, Inst. of Ecology, Univ. of Jena, Dornburgerstr. 159, DE 07743 Jena, Germany.
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