Low seed availability may limit recruitment in grazed Atriplex vesicaria and contribute to its local extinction

Plant Ecology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-67

  Hunt, L P ^a  

^a Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flowering; Perennial shrubs; Piospheres; Rangelands; Seed bank dynamics; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; RANGELAND; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX VESICARIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035703822     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014515122231     Document Type: Article

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