Comparison of two methods characterising the seed bank of amphibious plants in submerged sediments

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-177

  Bernhardt, K G ^a   Koch, M ^b   Kropf, M ^a   Ulbel, E ^a   Webhofer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Heidelberg Inst of Plant Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carex bohemica; Coleanthus subtilis; Elatine hexandra; Eleocharis ovata; Fishpond; Soil seed bank analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; REVEGETATION; SEDIMENT; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER AUSTRIA; WALDVIERTEL;

CAREX BOHEMICA; COLEANTHUS SUBTILIS; ELATINE HEXANDRA; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS OVATA;

EID: 37349062001     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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