Spatial coherence between seasonal seed banks in a semi-arid gypsum community: Density changes but structure does not

Seed Science Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Caballero, I ^a   Olano, J M ^b   Luzuriaga, A L ^c   Escudero, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Helianthemum squamatum; Seasonal seed bank structure; Seed density; Semi arid gypsum community

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHEMUM; HELIANTHEMUM SQUAMATUM; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM SUBULATUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 20444480649     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SSR2005206     Document Type: Article

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