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Dynamics of bryophytes in a chalk grassland

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Dynamics of bryophytes were followed in a chalk grassland in 4 plots, 25×25 cm, each subdivided in to 400 subplots, in which every 3–4 months the presence of all bryophyte species was recorded. During the first 14 months no successional trends were visible. However, dynamics on the scale of one subplot were considerable. Degree of dynamics was markedly negatively correlated with original presence in the plots. Several explanations for this correlation are discussed.

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  1. Department of Plant Ecology, University of Utrecht, Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512 PN, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Bart F. van Tooren, Heinjo J. During & J. A. F. Oudhof

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van Tooren, B.F., During, H.J. & Oudhof, J.A.F. Dynamics of bryophytes in a chalk grassland. Folia geobot. phytotax. 22, 377–383 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853234

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