Experimental determination of seed emergence and carry-over in the soil seed bank of the herbaceous perennial, Trachymene incisa (Apiaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-172

  Wardle, Glenda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structure; Agnes Banks Woodland; Density; Germination; Time of emergence

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DENSITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

APIACEAE; TRACHYMENE INCISA;

EID: 0042706398     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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