Physical and chemical effects of litter on plant establishment in semi-natural grasslands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Hovstad, Knut Anders ^a,b   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Facilitation; Germination; Plant litter; Seedling establishment; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HERB; INHIBITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LITTER; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 42549097889     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9349-y     Document Type: Article

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