Germination and seedling survival in fens undergoing succession

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-237

  Van Den Broek, Tom ^a,b   Beltman, Boudewijn ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Haskoning   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fen succession; Seed bank; Seedling bank; Seedling dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEN; GERMINATION; OPEN WATER; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; SURVIVORSHIP;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745929658     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9100-0     Document Type: Article

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