Revegetation following soil disturbance in a California meadow: The role of propagule supply

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 652-662

  Kotanen, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grasslands; Seed bank; Seed rain; Succession

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; MEADOW; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030300990     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329039     Document Type: Article

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