Seed-litter-position drives seedling establishment in grassland species under recurrent drought

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1006-1010

  Wellstein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Facilitation; Germination; Land use change; Seed mass; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABANDONED LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PIMPINELLA; PLANT SEED; SANGUISORBA; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PIMPINELLA; SANGUISORBA; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER;

LEONTODON AUTUMNALIS; PIMPINELLA; PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84868197187     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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