Characteristics of the seedling flora in alpine vegetation, subarctic Finland, I. Seedling densities in 15 plant communities

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Welling, Pirjo ^a   Laine, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Ecological restoration; Regenerative groups; Seedling density; Severe disturbances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034042306     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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