Seed bank studies in the Swiss Alps: II. Restoration plots on a high-alpine ski run

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-301

  Urbanska, Krystyna M ^a   Fattorini, Marzio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diversity; Immigrants; Machine graded ski run; Restoration; Seed bank; Soil seed reserve; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032430673     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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