Alpine species seed longevity in the soil in relation to seed size and shape - A 5-year burial experiment in the Central Alps

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Schwienbacher, Erich ^a   Marcante, Silvia ^a   Erschbamer, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glacier foreland; Hard seededness; Long term persistence; Short term persistence; Soil seed bank; Transient seed bank

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; LONGEVITY; PERSISTENCE; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MOSCHATA; ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA GENIPI; GEUM; GEUM REPTANS; LINARIA; LINARIA ALPINA; OXYRIA DIGYNA; SAXIFRAGA AIZOIDES; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PALLESCENS;

EID: 71549159435     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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