Predicting future community composition from random soil seed bank sampling - Evidence from a drained lake bottom

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-450

  Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ^a   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant community; Rarefaction; Sampling intensity, seed germination; Soil seed bank methodology; Target species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GERMINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EAST FLANDERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KRAENEPOEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249314806     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[443:PFCCFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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