Penetration of weeds into the herbaceous understorey and soil seed bank of a Turkey oak-sessile oak forest in Hungary

Community Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Koncz, G ^a   Torok P ^a   Papp, M ^a   Matus, G ^a   Tothmeresz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Field margin; Forest herbs; Invasion; Plant strategy; Ruderal species

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCH SIZE; PROPAGULE; RUDERAL; SEED BANK; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER; VINEYARD; WEED;

HUNGARY;

QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 81755161601     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.12.2011.2.11     Document Type: Article

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