The persistence of calcareous grassland species in the soil seed bank under developing and established scrub

Plant Ecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-39

  Davies, Angus ^a   Waite, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Chalk grassland; Chalk grassland management; Chalk scrub; Field layer; Re vegetation; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; PERSISTENCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SCRUB; SEED BANK;

CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031865374     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009759227900     Document Type: Article

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