Seed production, seed rain, and the seedbank of fringed sagebrush

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-155

  Bai, Yuguang ^a   Romo, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artemisia frigida Willd.; disturbance; Northern Mixed Prairie; population dynamics; seed dispersal; seed ecology

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FRINGED SAGEBRUSH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0030968922     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002372     Document Type: Article

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