The soil seed bank of a montane meadow: Consequences of conifer encroachment and implications for restoration

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 557-569

  Lang, Nicole L ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Meadow dynamics; Meadow restoration; Seed longevity; Species richness; Tree invasion

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MEADOW DYNAMICS; MEADOW RESTORATION; SEED LONGEVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE INVASION;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LONGEVITY; MEADOW; MONTANE FOREST; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTS; SEEDS; SOFTWOODS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CAREX PENSYLVANICA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34547869567     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-051     Document Type: Article

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