Seedling recruitment in semi-natural pastures: The effects of disturbance, seed size, phenology and seed bank

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-482

  Eriksson, Åsa ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; PHENOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SEMI-NATURAL PASTURE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031458072     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1997.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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