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Plant Population Ecology

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Progress in Botany

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Population ecology is an ever-increasing field in plant ecology. The large number of papers published in the field since the last review in this series (Starfinger and Stocklin 1996) makes it impossible to review them all. Our selection reflects our interest in how processes at the population level influence the distribution of plant populations and, consequently, their role in communities. Clonality, which is of important impact on the dynamics of many plant populations, further attracted our attention. For this reason, we have chosen three main subjects: (1) new insights in the dispersal of diaspores as essential prerequisites for the spatial and temporal organization of plant populations and community composition, (2) clonality and implications of clonal growth in the light of the considerable progress concerning the work on clonal plants, and (3) interactions between plants with special reference to ongoing debates on the importance of competitive mechanisms and positive interactions as well.

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  1. Institut für Ökologie und Biologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Rothenburgstraße 12, D-12165, Berlin, Germany

    Dr. Cornelia Lehmann, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Franz Rebele & Dr. Uwe Starfinger

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, Postfach 10 21 48, D-44780, Bochum, Germany

    K. Esser

  2. Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Mainz, Saarstraße 21, D-55099, Mainz, Germany

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  3. Institut für Botanik, TU Darmstadt, FB Biologie (10), Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

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  4. Lehrstuhl für Geobotanik, Systematisch-Geobotanisches Institut der Universität, Untere Karspüle 2, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany

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Lehmann, C., Rebele, F., Starfinger, U. (1999). Plant Population Ecology. In: Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Lüttge, U., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59940-8_18

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