Germinable soil seed banks of anthropogenic native grasslands and grassy forest remnants in temperate south-eastern Australia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-34

  Lunt, Ian D ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Forest; Grassland; Management; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

FOREST REMNANT; GRASSLAND; SEED BANK;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, GIPPSLAND PLAIN;

JUNCACEAE; JUNCUS;

EID: 0030618909     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009780301775     Document Type: Article

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