Seed removal susceptibility through soil erosion shapes vegetation composition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 289-297

  García Fayos, Patricio ^a   Bochet, Esther ^a   Cerdà, Artemi ^b  

^a Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Plant community assembly; Seed mass; Seed shape; Semiarid; Soil erosion; Vegetation erosion relationships

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUCILAGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 77955843550     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0382-6     Document Type: Article

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