Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8488005 | Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
With community productivity reflecting land-use intensification, the density and species richness in the seed rain increased, while mean seed size diminished and the proportions of persistent seeds and of species with persistent seeds in the topsoil declined. Stronger limitation of seeds in extensively managed semi-natural grasslands can explain the fact that such grasslands are not always richer in species than more intensively managed ones.
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Authors
Michaela Zeiter, Juliane Preukschas, Andreas Stampfli,