Assessing soil seed bank persistence in flood-meadows: The search for reliable traits

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cnidion; Depth distribution; Molinion; Restoration; Seed accumulation index; Seed longevity index; Seed shape; Seed size; Seed weight

Indexed keywords

MEADOW; PERSISTENCE; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE;

CNIDION; MOLINION;

EID: 1942540771     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02241.x     Document Type: Article

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