Soil seed bank characteristics in relation to land use systems and distance from water in a semi-arid rangeland of southern Ethiopia

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-271

  Solomon, T B ^a   Snyman, H A ^a   Smit, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Borana; Degradation; Graminoids; Non graminoids; Seedling density; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; LAND USE; RANGELAND; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; BORANA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LEUCAS; POACEAE; VERBESINA; VERBESINA ENCELIOIDES;

EID: 33745486209     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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