The demographic role of soil seed banks. I. Spatial and temporal comparisons of below- and above-ground populations of the desert mustard Lesquerella fendleri

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-292

  Cabin, Robert J ^a,b   Marshall, Diane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creosote shrubland; Creosote sub and intershrub microhabitats; Life history stages; New Mexico; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHICS; DESERT; ENVIRONMENT; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI; PERSISTENCE; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL SEED BANK; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

FUNCTIONAL ROLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK;

UNITED STATES;

LARREA TRIDENTATA; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0034015574     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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