Slope aspect affects the seed mass spectrum of grassland vegetation

Seed Science Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Csontos, Péter ^a   Tamás, Júlia ^b   Podani, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dolomite grassland; Seed size; Seed weight; Slope aspect; Vegetation ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044282506     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SSR2004183     Document Type: Article

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