Spatial distribution pattern of soil seed bank in canopy gaps of various sizes in temperate secondary forests, Northeast China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 469-480

  Yan, Qiaoling ^a   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^b   Yu, Lizhong ^a   Hu, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early formation stage; Gap size; Seed invasion; Succession; Temperate secondary forests; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA;

EID: 77950339812     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0172-1     Document Type: Article

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