Soil seed bank in managed and abandoned semi-natural meadows in Soomaa National Park, Estonia

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-100

  Wagner, Markus ^a,b   Poschlod, Peter ^a,c   Setchfield, Rosemary P ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecology; Restoration management; Seed bank persistence; Semi natural meadows

Indexed keywords

CAREX;

EID: 0038369007     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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