Effect of litter, leaf cover and cover of basal internodes of the dominant species Molinia caerulea on seedling recruitment and established vegetation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Janeček, Štěpán ^a,b   Lepš, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Molinia caerulea; Regeneration niche; Safe site; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LEAF LITTER; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 26444542415     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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