Horizontal and vertical distribution of desert seed banks: Patterns, causes, and implications

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 465-478

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b   Rundel, Philip W ^a   Goodall, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

North American deserts; Seed banks; Seed horizontal distribution; Seed morphology; Seed vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DESERT; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032033272     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0353     Document Type: Article

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