The seed bank in an old-growth, temperate deciduous forest

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-192

  Leckie, Sara ^a   Vellend, Mark ^a   Bell, Graham ^a   Waterway, Marcia J ^b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat diversity; Old growth forest; Primary forest; Seed bank; Seed dispersal; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; GERMINATION; SEED BANK; SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEED BANK;

CANADA; MONT SAINT HILAIRE; QUEBEC;

AGERATINA ALTISSIMA ALTISSIMA; CAREX; DIERVILLA LONICERA; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM; LONICERA; RUBUS;

EID: 0034128719     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b99-176     Document Type: Article

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