Persistent soil seed bank and standing vegetation at a high alpine site in the central chilean andes

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-132

  Arroyo, Mary T Kalin ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a   Castor, Carmen ^a   Humaña, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alpine zone; Andes; Phenology; Seed bank; Standing vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK;

CHILE;

MONTIOPSIS SERICEA; OXALIS COMPACTA; PHACELIA SECUNDA; POZOA CORIACEA;

EID: 0032942081     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050768     Document Type: Article

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