Seed bank studies in the Swiss Alps. I. Un-restored ski run and the adjacent intact grassland at high elevation

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-104

  Urbanska, Krystyna M ^a   Fattorini, Marzio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High alpine grassland; Machine graded ski run; Restoration; Sed bank; Soil seed reserve; Unassisted recovery

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; SEED BANK; SKI RUN;

EUROPE, ALPS; SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0031597303     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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