Characteristics of the soil seed bank in Mediterranean temporary ponds and its role in ecosystem dynamics

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Aponte, Cristina ^a,b   Kazakis, George ^a   Ghosn, Dany ^a   Papanastasis, Vasilios P ^c  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aboveground vegetation; Diversity; Inundation patterns; Propagule bank density; Richness; Transient wetland; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPAGULE; SEED BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZONATION;

CANEA; CRETE; ELAFONISI; GEORGIA; GREECE; OMALOS PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952876625     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-009-9163-5     Document Type: Article

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