Spatial pattern analysis of seeds of an arable soil seed bank and its relationship with above-ground vegetation in an arid region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-327

  Shaukat, Syed Shahid ^a   Siddiqui, Imran Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Seed bank; Spatial pattern; Vegetation; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEED BANK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ANAGALLIS; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CONVOVULUS ARVENSIS; CONYZA; CONYZA CANADENSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1642329714     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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