Establishment of Fabaceae Tree Species in a Tropical Pasture: Influence of Seed Size and Weeding Methods

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Pereira, Silvia R ^a   Laura, Valdemir A ^b   Souza, Andréa L T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

direct seeding; exotic grass competition; seedling emergency; seedling survival

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; PASTURE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; TREE; WEED CONTROL;

BRAZIL;

FABACEAE; POACEAE; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 84872687529     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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