Persistence in the seed bank: The effects of fungi and invertebrates on seeds of native and exotic plants

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 509-517

  Blaney, C Sean ^a   Kotanen, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dormancy; Exotics; Fungi; Old fields; Pathogens; Seeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FUNGAL DISEASE; PERSISTENCE; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036929856     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682738     Document Type: Article

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