Seed availability in hay meadows: Land-use intensification promotes seed rain but not the persistent seed bank

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 171, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-62

  Zeiter, Michaela ^a,b   Preukschas, Juliane ^a,b   Stampfli, Andreas ^a,b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Management; Seed longevity; Seed production; Seed size; Semi natural grassland; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HAY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LONGEVITY; MEADOW; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPSOIL;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877333209     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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