The soil seed bank and understorey regeneration in Eucalyptus regnans forest, Victoria

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-411

  Wang, Liangmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus regnans; Soil seed bank; Understorey regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444400496     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00690.x     Document Type: Article

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