Effects of restoration treatments on the diaspore bank under dense Pteridium stands in the UK

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-198

  Ghorbani, J ^a   Das, P M ^b   Das, A B ^b   Hughes, J M ^a   McAllister, H A ^a   Pallai, S K ^b   Pakeman, R J ^c   Marrs, R H ^a   Le Duc, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Plant Resource Center   (India)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; Grassland; Herbicide; Moorland; Multivariate analysis; Seed bank; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 1342290714     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00579.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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