The alpine soil seed bank in relation to field seedlings and standing vegetation in subarctic Finland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Welling, Pirjo ^a   Tolvanen, Anne ^a,b   Laine, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; VEGETATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 9944261429     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0229:TASSBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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