Restoration of calcareous grasslands: The role of the soil seed bank and seed dispersal for recolonisation processes;Restauration des pelouses calcicoles: Le rôle de la dispersion et de la banque de graines du sol dans les processus de recolonisation

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-149

  von Blanckenhagen, Benno ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Seed mass; Soil seed bank; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249124921     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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