Seed bank composition and seedling survival in forest soil polluted with heavy metals

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-263

  Salemaa, Maija ^a   Uotila, Taru ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actuarial life tables; Calluna vulgaris; Fertilisation; Liming; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 0034920424     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00055     Document Type: Article

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