The demographic role of soil seed banks. II. Investigations of the fate of experimental seeds of the desert mustard Lesquerella fendleri

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-302

  Cabin, Robert J ^a,b   Marshall, Diane L ^a   Mitchell, Randall J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Creosote sub and intershrub microsites; Experimental seed banks; Rodent seed predation; Seed dispersal; Seed fate model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI; MODEL; PERSISTENCE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SOIL SEED BANK; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

GRANIVORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

UNITED STATES;

LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0034054263     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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