Seed bank viability in disturbed longleaf pine sites

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-515

  Cohen, Susan ^a   Braham, Richard ^b   Sanchez, Felipe ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatwoods; Longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; Restoration; Savannas; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SEED BANK;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 11144281848     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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