Seasonal variation in density and species richness of soil seed-banks in karst forests and degraded vegetation in central Yunnan, SW China

Seed Science Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Shen, You Xin ^a   Liu, Wen Yao ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Li, Yu Hui ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Karst upland; Persistent seed bank; Seasonal variation in seed bank; Transient seed bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250325586     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258507708139     Document Type: Article

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