The seed bank longevity index revisited: limited reliability evident from a burial experiment and database analyses
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The seed bank longevity index revisited: limited reliability evident from a burial experiment and database analyses.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Botany
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1095-8290,0305-7364
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp148