Composition, size and dynamics of the seed bank in a mediterranean shrubland of Chile

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 574-584

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a   Teillier, Sebastián ^b   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Matorral; Seed burial; Seed bank germination; Soil seed dynamics; Transient seed bank

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIRE; GERMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POACEAE;

EID: 7044249707     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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