Gap colonization in the Patagonian semidesert: Seed bank and diaspore morphology

Ecography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 336-344

  Fernández, Roberto J ^a   Golluscio, Rodolfo A ^a   Bisigato, Alejandro J ^a,b   Soriano, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GAP DYNAMICS; PROPAGULE; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CAMISSONIA; POACEAE;

EID: 0036258728     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250310.x     Document Type: Article

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