Grass and oak litter exert different effects on seedling emergence of herbaceous perennials from grasslands and woodlands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-280

  Donath, Tobias W ^a   Eckstein, R Lutz ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deciduous forests; Facilitation; Floodplains; Galium; Germination; Inhibition; Poa; Rumex; Viola; Wet meadows

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HERB; INHIBITION; LITTER; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

GALIUM; POA; RUMEX; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 38849184661     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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