Soil seed bank and floristic diversity in a forest-grassland mosaic in southern Spain

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 701-709

  Diaz Villa M D ^a   Maranon T ^a   Arroyo, J ^b   Garrido, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forests conservation; Mediterranean forest; Regeneration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MOSAIC; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANDALUCIA; LOS ALCORNOCALES NATURAL PARK; SPAIN;

QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0242350444     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02202.x     Document Type: Article

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