Alvar seed bank germination responses to variable soil moisture

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 986-993

  Lundholm, Jeremy T ^a,b   Stark, Kaeli E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Box 2 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought; Flooding; Germination; Limestone pavement; Null community model; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOOD CONTROL; LIMESTONE; MOISTURE; PAVEMENTS; SOILS;

GERMINATION; LIMESTONE PAVEMENT; NULL COMMUNITY MODEL;

SEED;

ALVAR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOODING; GERMINATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERING POINT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 39649108885     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-078     Document Type: Article

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