Seedling recruitment in the perennial herb Lathyrus vernus

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-383

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

demography; germination; micro site; seed density; seed limitation; seedling survival

Indexed keywords

LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS VERNUS; FABACEAE;

DEMOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; RECRUITMENT; SEED DENSITY; SEED LIMITATION; SEEDLING SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030432437     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30744-2     Document Type: Article

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