The relationship between attributes of plants represented in the germinable seed bank and stocking pressure in a semi-arid subtropical rangeland

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1055-1071

  Navie, S C ^a   Rogers, R W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASPORE; PLANT ATTRIBUTE; RANGELAND; SEED BANK; STOCKING DENSITY; WATER SOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0031427885     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96067     Document Type: Article

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