Soil seed bank dynamics in relation to topographic position of a mixed-deciduous forest in southern New England, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Ashton, P M S ^a   Harris, P G ^a   Thadani, R ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried seed; Carex spp.; Connecticut; Forest understory; Land use; Regeneration; Slope position

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

CAREX; CAREX GLAUCODEA; CAREX LUPULINA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VITIS AESTIVALIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0032476693     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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