Role of the soil seed bank during succession in a subalpine meadow on the tibetan plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-477

  Ma, Miaojun ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a   Zhou, Xianhui ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; MEADOW; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 72649105123     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.4.999     Document Type: Article

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