The herb layer restoration potential of the soil seed bank in an overgrazed oak forest

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 47-57

  Chaideftou, Evgenia ^a   Thanos, Costas A ^b   Bergmeier, Erwin ^c   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal mode; Grazing; Herb layer restoration; Life strategy type; Sub Mediterranean forest; Wood pasture

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953691111     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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