Spatial distribution of soil seed banks of three African savanna woody species at two contrasting sites

Plant Ecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-106

  Witkowski, E T F ^a   Garner, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grazing; Landscape; Seed dispersal; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033867407     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009850706843     Document Type: Article

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