Can spatial variation and inter-annual variation in precipitation explain the seed density and species richness of the germinable soil seed bank in a tropical dry forest in north-eastern Brazil?

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 445-452

  dos Santos, Danielle Melo ^a   da Silva, Kleber Andrade ^b   de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a   dos Santos, Josiene Maria Falcão Fraga ^a   Lopes, Clarissa Gomes Reis ^c   Araújo, Elcida de Lima ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Microhabitat; Seed bank; Seed germination; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

CAATINGA; DRY FOREST; EMERGENCE; MICROHABITAT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEED BANK; SEED SET; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84882577012     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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