Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1071-1079

  Bueno, Andrea ^a   Baruch, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Germination; Pinus caribaea; Restoration; Seedlings; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT SEED; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GERMINATION; PINUS; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL;

PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 79959200888     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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