Seed bank assembly in an unmanaged ruderal grassland recovering from long-term exposure to industrial emissions

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-352

  Wagner, Markus ^a   Heinrich, Wolfgang ^b   Jetschke, Gottfried ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Holzmarkt 7   (Germany)

Author keywords

Derelict industrial ecosystem; Grassland; Puccinellia distans; Regeneration; Secondary succession; Seed bank composition; Similarity patterns

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONGEVITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED BANK; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

PUCCINELLIA DISTANS;

EID: 33845313581     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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