Can soil seed banks contribute to the restoration of dune slacks under conservation management?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Plassmann, Katharina ^a   Brown, Nigel ^a   Jones, Laurence M ^b   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ellenberg indicator value; Longevity index; Orchid; Seed weight.; Seedling emergence method

Indexed keywords

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 70249134910     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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