Seed rain and soil seed bank of Picea asperata Mast. in subalpine coniferous forest of western Sichuan, China

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Yin, H J ^a,b   Liu, Q ^a   He, H ^c  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Germination; Natural regeneration; Picea asperata; Plantations; Subalpine coniferous forest

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PICEA ASPERATA;

EID: 36249030498     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500701627406     Document Type: Article

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