Soil water availability effects on seed germination account for species segregation in semiarid roadslopes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 179-191

  Bochet, Esther ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a   Alborch, Beatriz ^a   Tormo, Jaume ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Ecological filters; Erosion; Regeneration strategy; Resprouter; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GERMINATION; RESPROUTING; REVEGETATION; SEED; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SUCCESSION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EID: 34250651693     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9274-9     Document Type: Article

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