Effects of cattle grazing timing and intensity on soil seed banks and regeneration strategies in a Mediterranean grassland

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 97-106

  Aboling, S ^a   Sternberg, M ^b   Perevolotsky, A ^c   Kigel, J ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Germination; Phenology; Plant cover; Plant functional groups; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950338428     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.S.     Document Type: Conference Paper

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