Soil seed banks of woodland, heathland, grassland, mire and montane communities, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-266

  Miller, G R ^a,b   Cummins, R P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Calluna vulgaris; Recolonisation; Soil organic matter; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RECOLONIZATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RACOMITRIUM; RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM;

EID: 0041663649     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024464028195     Document Type: Article

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