Seed bank spatial structure in semi-arid environments: Beyond the patch-bare area dichotomy

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-223

  Caballero, Idoia ^a   Olano, José Miguel ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b   Loidi, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gypsum community; Mediterranean vegetation; Seed source effect; Seed trapping

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED BANK; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 41049105120     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9316-7     Document Type: Article

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