El Niño effects on soil seed bank dynamics in north-central Chile

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-517

  Gutiérrez, Julio R ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Arid environment; Chile; Coastal desert; ENSO

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCRUB; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0242669394     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1156-5     Document Type: Article

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