Survival of a lowland heathland seed bank after a 33-year burial

Seed Science Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-411

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Band, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ericaceae; Germination; Seed banks; Seed longevity; Seed persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031436310     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003822     Document Type: Article

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