Seed bank pattern and floristic composition of vegetation patches in a meadow abandoned for 20 years

Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 91-110

  Falińska, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Patchiness of vegetation; Seed bank pattern; Seed longevity; Species composition; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944463506     PISSN: 0015931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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