The role of the soil seed bank in vegetation recovery on an oceanic island severely damaged by introduced goats

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-364

  Weerasinghe, Udayani R ^a   Akiko, Shimizu ^a   Palitha, Jayasekara ^b   Seiki, Takatsuki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Overgrazing; Restoration; Seed bank composition; Species poor grassland; Subtropical; Subtropical moist low forest

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; CYPERUS; GAMOCHAETA PENSYLVANICA; GNAPHALIUM; KYLLINGA BREVIFOLIA; OXALIS CORNICULATA; SOLARIUM;

EID: 59649104679     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18458     Document Type: Article

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