Effect of water supply on seed germination of soil seed-bank in desert vegetation

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-126

  Ren, Jun ^a   Tao, Ling ^a   Liu, Xin Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Desert vegetation; Germination characteristics; Moisture; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; GERMINATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0036321392     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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