Long-term assessment of seed provenance effect on the establishment of the perennial grass Bromus erectus

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 821-830

  Zeiter, Michaela ^a   Stampfli, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grassland; Local adaptation; Microsite limitation; Reciprocal transplant experiment; Recruitment limitation; Seed addition; Seed limitation; Seed origin; Seedling establishment; Sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEEDLING; SOWING; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS;

EID: 65249127498     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18455     Document Type: Article

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