Seed bank dynamics in a Neotropical savanna of the central-eastern plains of Venezuela;Dinámica estacional del banco de semillas en una sabana en los Llanos Centro-Orientales de Venezuela

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 435-446

  Pérez, Elizabeth M ^a   Santiago, Emilia T ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Neotropical savanna; Sampling size; Seed density; Seed mass; Soil seed bank; Species composition; Species richness; Temporal variability; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SAVANNA; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

VENEZUELA;

IGUANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035730475     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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