The role of soil seed banks in the restoration of dry acidic dune grassland after burning of Ulex europaeus scrub

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Bossuyt, B ^a   Cosyns, E ^b   Hoffmann, M ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WVI   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Atlantic coast; Ecological group; Fire; General linear model; Seed density; Seed germination; Similarity; Target species

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; AIRA PRAECOX; ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); CAREX ARENARIA; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 34249319364     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[131:TROSSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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