Seed bank dynamics in a semiarid sandy grassland in Hungary

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Kemeny G ^a   Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Tuba, Zoltán ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Drought; Persistent and transient seed bank; Seed bank; Seed density; Semiarid grassland; Weather extremes

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; SEED BANK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

ARENARIA SERPYLLIFOLIA; CERASTIUM SEMIDECANDRUM; CONYZA CANADENSIS CANADENSIS; ERIGERON; EROPHILA VERNA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA SEGUIERIANA; FESTUCA VAGINATA; FESTUCETUM; FESTUCETUM VAGINATAE; HOLOSTEUM UMBELLATUM; MINUARTIA VERNA; OTITES; POA; POA BULBOSA; SAXIFRAGA TRIDACTYLITES; SILENE; SILENE OTITES;

EID: 20344380743     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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