Soil seedbank composition and dynamics across alpine summits in south-eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-362

  Venn, Susanna E ^a,b   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; FUTURE PROSPECT; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED BANK;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERACEAE;

EID: 77955067879     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10058     Document Type: Article

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