Colonization processes in semi-arid Mediterranean old-fields

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-603

  Pugnaire, F I ^a   Luque, M T ^a   Armas, C ^a   Gutierrez L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Germination; Land abandonment; Population dynamics; Secondary succession; Seed germination; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONIZATION; GERMINATION; OLD FIELD; RAINFALL; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 33644620581     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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