Effects of sheep exclusion on the soil seed bank and annual vegetation in chenopod shrublands of South Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-128

  Meissner, Rachel A ^a   Facelli, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual plant communities; Diversity; Exclusion; Grazing; Rangelands; Soil seed bank; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; SEED BANK; SHEEP; SHRUB;

(SOUTH); AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032856844     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0515     Document Type: Article

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