Experimental evidence of potential for persistent seed bank formation at a subantarctic alpine site in Tierra Del Fuego, Chile

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-365

  Kalin Arroyo, Mary T ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^b   Humaña, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Persistent seed bank; Seed burial experiments; Seed viability; Tierra del Fuego; Transient seed bank

Indexed keywords

ACAENA; ACAENA MAGELLANICA; ALOPECURUS; ANEMONE; ANEMONE MULTIFIDA; AZORELLA; AZORELLA LYCOPODIOIDES; BERBERIS; BERBERIS BUXIFOLIA; BOLAX GUMMIFERA; CALCEOLARIA; CALCEOLARIA BIFLORA; CALTHA; CALTHA APPENDICULATA; DRABA; DRABA MAGELLANICA; EMPETRUM RUBRUM; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA MAGELLANICA; GUNNERA; GUNNERA MAGELLANICA; LUZULA; PERNETTYA; SENECIO;

EID: 3242663579     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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