Inflow of seeds through the forest edge: Evidence from seed bank and vegetation patterns

Plant Ecology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Devlaeminck, Rebecca ^a   Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Edge effect; Seed inflow; Seed longevity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST EDGE; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 21244462847     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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