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A question of great interest to ecologists is how different species of plant coexist indefinitely in a community without the more competitive species eliminating the less competitive ones. The study of the ecological aspects of regeneration has contributed substantially to our understanding of (a) how species diversity is maintained in plant communities; (b) the origin of the distribution patterns of individual species, and (c) the causes of differences in relative abundance.
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Fenner, M. (1985). Regeneration and diversity. In: Seed Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4844-0_8
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