Seed size, shape and vertical distribution in the soil: Indicators of seed longevity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 834-842

  Bekker, R M ^a   Bakker, J P ^a   Grandin, U ^b   Kalamees, R ^c   Milberg, P ^d   Poschlod, P ^e   Thompson, K ^f   Willems, J H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depth distribution; Grassland communities; Seed bank; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SOIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031702716     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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