Soil seed bank community dynamics in seasonally moist lowland tropical forest, Panama

Seasonal changes in the densities of dormant seeds in the soil around eight pioneer trees in the 50-ha Forest Dynamics Plot, on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá were studied, and how seed dispersal and seed dormancy influenced patterns of seed abundance and distribution were examined. Twenty-four, 3-cm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of tropical ecology 1997-09, Vol.13 (5), p.659-680
Hauptverfasser:	Dalling, J. W., Swaine, M. D., Garwood, Nancy C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Barro Colorado Island Forest ecology Forest soils pioneer Seed banks seed burial Seed dispersal seed dormancy Seeds Soil density Soil depth Soil samples soil seed bank Soil seed banks Tropical rain forests
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