Does the seed bank contribute to the restoration of species-rich vegetation in wet dune slacks?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-48

  Bakker, Chris ^a   De Graaf, Heiko F ^a   Ernst, Wilfried H O ^a   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Establishment; Rewetting; Sod cutting; Species composition; Water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444549809     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2005.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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