Seed bank and understorey species composition in a semi-arid environment: The effect of shrub age and rainfall

Annals of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 807-813

  Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a   Lázaro, Roberto ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Dispersal; Facilitation; Rainfall variability; Retama sphaerocarpa; Seed bank; Semi arid environments; Species composition

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFALL; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0033796066     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2000.1240     Document Type: Article

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