Effects of bryophytes and grass litter on seedling emergence vary by vertical seed position and seed size

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-268

  Donath, Tobias W ^a   Eckstein, R Lutz ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Floodplain; Germination; Grassland; Invasibility; Mosses

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; FACILITATION; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GROUND COVER; INVASIBILITY; LITTER; MOSS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77951974964     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9670-8     Document Type: Article

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