Effect of fire on hard-coated Cistaceae seed banks and its influence on techniques for quantifying seed banks

Plant Ecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Ferrandis, Pablo ^a   Herranz, José M ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus; Germinability; Halimium; Physical dormancy; Physical separation method; Seedling emergence method

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; SEED BANK;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CISTUS LADANIFER; CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS; HALIMIUM OCYMOIDES;

EID: 0032846887     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009816309061     Document Type: Article

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