The role of the seed bank in gap regeneration in a calcareous grassland community

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1017-1025

  Kalamees, Rein ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Clonal growth; Diaspore mass; Disturbance; Gap regeneration; Seed bank; Seed rain; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; FILIPENDULA; FILIPENDULA VULGARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037885019     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1017:TROTSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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