The effect of water supply on seed-bank analysis using the seedling-emergence method

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 428-430

  Heerdt, G N J Ter ^a   Schutter, A ^a   Bakker, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Germination characteristics; Moisture; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0345620913     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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