Distribution and characteristics of the soil seed bank of the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) in a headwater basin in northern Japan

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Morimoto, Junko ^a   Kominami, Ryo ^a   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Barochory; Black locust; Buried seeds; Invasive species; Robinia pseudoacacia; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 77954174887     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-009-0096-1     Document Type: Article

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