Soil seed bank and management regimes of semi-natural mountain meadow communities

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 567-575

  Reiné, Ramón ^a   Chocarro, Cristina ^b   Fillat, Federico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutting; Grazing; Slurry fertilization; Spanish Pyrenees; Viable seeds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEED BANK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS INFLEXUS; LAMIUM; LAMIUM PURPUREUM; PLANTAGO; POTENTILLA; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; VERONICA;

EID: 9644283071     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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