Seed rain and seed bank along an alpine altitudinal gradient in Swedish Lapland

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 728-747

  Molau, Ulf ^a   Larsson, Eva Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine; Dispersal; Germinable seed bank; Seed bank; Seed rain; Total seed bank

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; FOREST; PERSISTENCE; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED FLUX; SWEDEN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; VASCULAR PLANT;

LAPLAND; SWEDEN;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 0033837411     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b00-049     Document Type: Article

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