Ecological correlates of seed persistence in soil in the north-west European flora

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^b   Bekker, Renée M ^b   Hodgson, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Life history; Seed bank; Seed size

Indexed keywords

SEED DEVELOPMENT;

DATABASE; SEED BANK; SEED PERSISTENCE;

EUROPE(NORTHWEST);

ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; APHANES ARVENSIS;

EID: 0031886775     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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