An improved method for seed-bank analysis: Seedling emergence after removing the soil by sieving

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 144-151

  Ter Heerdt, G N J ^a,b   Verweij, G L ^a   Bekker, R M ^a   Bakker, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Sample size; Seed distribution; Seed separation method; Seedling emergence method; Seedling emergence rates

Indexed keywords

SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

EID: 0029730309     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390273     Document Type: Article

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