Colonisation by native species of abandoned farmland adjacent to a remnant patch of Mediterranean steppe

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-384

  Buisson, Elise ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Historical ecology; Land uses; Restoration; Seed bank; Seed rain; Succession

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CUCUMIS; ELATINE; FORMICIDAE; LINARIA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; SALVIA VERBENACA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 85020329935     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03543067     Document Type: Article

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