Seed rain, seedling establishment and clonal growth strategies on a glacier foreland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Stöcklin, Jürg ^a   Bäumler, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epilobium fleischeri; Germination; Growth form; Pioneer species: Primary succession; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; GLACIER FORELAND; GROWTH FORM; PIONEER SPECIES; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS, MORTERATSCH GLACIER;

ACHILLEA MOSCHATA; CERASTIUM PEDUNCULATUM; EPILOBIUM FLEISCHERI; HIERACIUM STATICIFOLIUM; LINARIA ALPINA; OXYRIA DIGYNA; SAXIFRAGA AIZOIDES;

EID: 0030428666     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236415     Document Type: Article

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