Soil seed bank dynamics in hayfield succession

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 594-607

  Bekker, Renée M ^a   Verweij, Geurt L ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^a   Fresco, Latzi F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Junco Molinion; Nardo Galion; Seed longevity; Species rich grassland

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASS; HAY; NETHERLANDS; SEED; SOIL SEED BANK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0033838014     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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