Species and biomass dependence of an indirect effect of vegetation on seedling recruitment

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-212

  Bonser, Stephen P ^a   Reader, Richard J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RECRUITMENT; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032413128     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682462     Document Type: Article

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