Spatial pattern of Lesquerella arctica: Effects of seed bank and desiccation cracks

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-91

  Elberling, Heidi ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Danish Plant Directorate   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Entrapment; Lesquerella arctica; Seed bank; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

LESQUERELLA ARCTICA;

EID: 0034120451     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682576     Document Type: Article

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