Spatio-temporal variation in soil seed banks under contrasting grazing regimes following low and high seasonal rainfall in arid Namibia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-184

  Dreber, N ^a   Esler, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Degradation; Diaspore size; Microsite; Seed density; Spatial pattern; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DIASPORE; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HETEROGENEITY; RAINFALL; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NAMIBIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 78649640861     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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