Soil seed bank of an upland calcareous grassland after 6 years of climate and management manipulations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 544-552

  Akinola, M Olatunde ^a   Thompson, Ken ^a   Buckland, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Drought; Fertility; Limestone grassland; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLIMATE EFFECT; LAND MANAGEMENT; SEED BANK; UPLAND REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CERASTIUM FONTANUM;

EID: 0032417568     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.3540544.x     Document Type: Article

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