Seed mass, shape, and persistence in the soil seed bank of Israeli coastal sand dune flora

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-340

  Yu, Shunli ^a,b   Sternberg, Marcelo ^c   Kutiel, Pua ^d   Chen, Hongwei ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Forsetry Academy of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Israeli coastal sand dune flora; Persistence; Seed mass; Seed shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947704169     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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