Light demands of shrub seedlings and their establishment within scrublands

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-200

  Kollmann, Johannes ^a,b   Reiner, Susann A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Establishment; Light demands; Scrubland; Seedlings; Shade tolerance; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

BERBERIS; BERBERIS VULGARIS; CORNUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE; ROSA; ROSA CANINA; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; BERBERIDACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CORNACEAE; OLEACEAE; ROSACEAE;

LIGHT DEMAND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 0030476194     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30713-2     Document Type: Article

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