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Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation.

The soil seed bank is the basis for community establishment and permanence and plays a primary role in natural restoration of degraded or altered ecosystems. As part of a restoration project, this study aimed to quantify the soil seed bank and to evaluate the effect of the needle litter layer on see...

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Published in:Revista de Biología Tropical Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 1071 - 1080
Main Authors: Bueno, Andrea, Baruch, Zdravko
Format: Article
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica sep2011
Subjects:
Soil seed banks
Seedlings
Pine
Plantations
Tropical plants
Soil sampling
Greenhouses
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