Spatial structure of the soil seed bank of Poa annua L.-alien species in the Antarctica

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1339-1346

  Wódkiewicz, Maciej ^a   Ziemiański, Maciej ^a   Kwiecień, Kamil ^a   Chwedorzewska, Katarzyna J ^b   Galera, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dispersal; Invasive species; Poa annua; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; GRASS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTOWSKI STATION; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 84900035171     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0668-8     Document Type: Article

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