Effects of a dense moss layer on germination and establishment of vascular plants in newly created calcareous grasslands

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 557-566

  Jeschke, Michael ^a   Kiehl, Kathrin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Inhibition; Mortality; Moss removal; Seed; Sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; MORTALITY; MOSS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; SOWING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER CONTENT;

BISCUTELLA; BISCUTELLA LAEVIGATA; BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX HUMILIS; LINUM; LINUM PERENNE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 50349085625     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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