Effects of disturbance intensity on seasonal dynamics of alpine meadow soil seed banks on the Tibetan Plateau

Plant and Soil

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 283-295

  Ma, Miaojun ^a   Zhou, Xianhui ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Grazing disturbance; Seasonal dynamics; Soil seed bank; Tibetan Plateau; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLONAL ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND SOIL; GRAZING; MEADOW; REGENERATION; RUDERAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84880797355     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1560-5     Document Type: Article

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