Diversity, composition and guild structure relationships between soil-stored seed banks and mature vegetation in alien plant-invaded South African fynbos shrublands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-122

  Holmes, Patricia M ^a   Cowling, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Invasive species; Regeneration mode; Seed bank; Seed longevity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030664922     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009734026612     Document Type: Article

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