Seed banking in ancient forest species: Why total sampled area really matters

Seed Science Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-133

  Plue, Jan ^a,d   Thompson, Ken ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^c   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diversity; methodology; sampling error; sampling guidelines; seed bank; temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860710965     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258511000481     Document Type: Article

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