Soil seed bank in and between vegetation patches in arid Patagonia, Argentina

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-195

  Busso, Carlos A ^a   Bonvissuto, Griselda L ^b  

^a National University of the South   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aridlands; Perennial grasses; Plant recruitment; Shrubs; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX LAMPA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; LEYMUS; POA; POA LANUGINOSA; POACEAE; STIPA;

EID: 69549097421     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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