Seedling recruitment of Succisella inflexa in fen meadows: Importance of seed and microsite availability

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Overbeck, G ^a   Kiehl, K ^a   Abs, C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Dispersal; Habitat quality; Litter; Moss; Rarity; Seed limitation; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; SUCCISELLA INFLEXA;

EID: 0141975403     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00568.x     Document Type: Article

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