Soil seed banks in European grasslands: Does land use affect regeneration perspectives?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1293-1310

  Bekker, R M ^a   Verweij, G L ^a   Smith, R E N ^b   Reine, R ^c   Bakker, J P ^a   Schneider, S ^a  

^a Laboratory of Plant Ecology   (Netherlands)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Drainage; Fertilization; Restoration; Species rich communities

Indexed keywords

CERASTIUM FONTANUM; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; JUNCUS; LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 0030828118     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405239     Document Type: Article

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