Facilitation by tussock-forming species on seedling establishment collapses in an extreme drought year in a post-mined Sphagnum peatland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-483

  Koyama, Asuka ^a,b   Tsuyuzaki, Shiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Litter; Precipitation; Seed germination phenology; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; HERB; LITTER; MIRE; MOSS; PEATLAND; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAROBETSU MIRE;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84875807559     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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