Relative importance of available energy, environmental heterogeneity, and seed availability for seedling emergence on a limestone pavement

Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1045-1056

  Lundholm, J T ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvar; Germination; Heterogeneity; Regeneration niche; Seed limitations; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALVAR; GERMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; LIMESTONE; PAVEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551520615     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B10-077     Document Type: Article

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