The effects of soil warming on plant recruitment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 339-343

  Thompson, Lindsey J ^a   Naeem, Shahid ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b 100 Ecology Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; community composition; seedbank; soil warming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RECRUITMENT; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDBANK; SOIL WARMING; TEMPERATURE;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0030301090     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029064     Document Type: Article

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