Biological soil crusts and their microenvironment: Impact on emergence, survival and establishment of seedlings

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-168

  Langhans, Tanja Margrit ^a   Storm, Christian ^a   Schwabe, Angelika ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common garden experiments; Cracks; Crust age; Inhibition of germination; Seed location; Watering experiment

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; PHYTOMASS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CRUST; SOIL NITROGEN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION TYPE;

PHLEUM ARENARIUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58949097546     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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