Role of soil seed banks and newly dispersed seeds in population dynamics of the annual sunflower, Helianthus annuus

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 987-998

  Alexander, Helen M ^a   Schrag, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried seed; Density dependence; Seed dormancy; Seed rain; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0347382761     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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