Persistence of seed banks in Australian temporary wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1312-1327

  Brock, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Climate change; Drought; Longevity; Residual seed bank; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958698452     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02570.x     Document Type: Article

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