Application of nested samples to study the soil seed bank in semiarid sandy grassland

Acta Botanica Hungarica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Kemeny G ^a   Nagy, Z ^a   Tuba, Z ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern of seeds; Nested sampling; Semiarid sandy grassland; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744457593     PISSN: 02366495     EISSN: 15882578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABot.45.2003.1-2.11     Document Type: Article

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