Soil seed bank composition along a forest chronosequence in seasonally moist tropical forest, Panama

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 669-678

  Dalling, J W ^a   Denslow, J S ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Nature Monument; Forest regeneration; Forest succession; Germinable seed bank; Pioneer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; SEED BANK; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

MICONIA ARGENTEA;

EID: 0032451611     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237285     Document Type: Article

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