Soil seed banks in four lower montane forests of Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 321-337

  Williams Linera, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biosphere Reserve; cloud forest; El Cielo Biosphere Reserve; El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve; lower montane forest; Mexico soil seed bank; Sierra de Manantl n

Indexed keywords

MONTANE FOREST; SEED BANK;

MEXICO, CHIAPAS, EL TRIUNFO BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO, JALISCO, SIERRA DE MANANTLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO, TAMAULIPAS, EL CIELO BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO, VERACRUZ, RANCHO LA MESA;

MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 0027838809     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400007379     Document Type: Article

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