The effect of successional stage and salinity on the vertical distribution of seeds in salt marsh soils

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 442-448

  Erfanzadeh, Reza ^a,c   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a,d   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Hoffmanna, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elymus athericus; Euhaline; Juncus bufonius; Mesohaline; NW European salt marshes; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HERB; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEED BANK; SOIL DEPTH; SPRING (SEASON); SUCCESSION; TRANSECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIABILITY;

EUROPE;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; JUNCUS BUFONIUS;

EID: 77955923116     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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