Factors determining species richness of soil seed banks in lowland ancient woodlands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1631-1648

  Erenler, Hilary E ^a   Ashton, Paul A ^b   Gillman, Michael P ^c   Ollerton, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Ancient wood; Conifer plantations; GLM; pH; S rensen; Soil seed bank; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; PH; PLANTATION; SEED BANK; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA STERILIS;

EID: 77952243419     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9793-1     Document Type: Article

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