Evaluating the adequacy of sampling germinable soil seed banks in semi-arid systems

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-341

  Page, M J ^a   Baxter, G S ^a   Lisle, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

First order jackknife; Sample size; Sampling strategy; Seed distribution; Semi arid; Soil seed banks; Species richness estimates

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 27744473173     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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