Nonconstituent species in soil seed banks as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance in forest fragments

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2300-2316

  Lin, Luxiang ^a,b   Cao, Min ^a   He, Yongtao ^c   Baskin, Jerry M ^d   Baskin, Carol C ^d,e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SEED;

GERMINANTS; SOIL SEED BANKS;

SOILS;

BIOINDICATOR; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WEED;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SEEDS; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 33845679439     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-137     Document Type: Article

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