Grazing effects on sustainable semiarid rangelands in Patagonia: The state and dynamics of the soil seed bank

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Bertiller, Mónica B ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carex patagonica; Festuca pallescens; Germinable seed bank states; Perennial grasses; Plant restoration; Seed bank dynamics; Seed bank strategies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GRASS; LAND USE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

GRAZING; RANGELAND; SEED BANK; SEMI-ARID GRASSLAND;

ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA;

EID: 0029667044     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006692     Document Type: Article

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