Soil seed bank of an Uruguayan grassland under different grazing practices;Banco de semillas de un pastizal uruguayo bajo diferentes condiciones de pastoreo

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Haretche, Federico ^a   Rodríguez, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

C3 grasses; C4 grasses; Exclosure; Functional group; Temperate grassland; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; VEGETATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

CAREX; DICOTYLEDONEAE; JUNCUS; POACEAE;

EID: 34248586892     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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