Do small-scale gaps in calcareous grassland swards facilitate seedling establishment?

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Ba̧ba, Wojciech ^a   Kompała Ba̧ba, Agnieszka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calcareous grasslands; Gap colonization; Generative reproduction; Phenology; Southern Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444452162     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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