Comparative ecology of seedling recruitment in an oligotrophic wet meadow

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-186

  Kotorova I ^a   Leps J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chilling; Dormancy; Gap regeneration; Germination; Moss competition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANGELICA SYLVESTRIS; BETONICA; BETONICA OFFICINALIS; BRYOPHYTA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM PALUSTRE; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM UMBELLATUM; SELINUM CARVIFOLIA; STACHYS OFFICINALIS; SUCCISA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0033117907     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237139     Document Type: Article

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