Effects of large wild boar disturbances on alpine soil seed banks

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Bueno, C G ^a   Reine R ^b   Alados, C L ^a   Gomez Garcia D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine plant community; Grazing; Rooting; Seed diversity; Seedling emergence method; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79952702681     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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