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Seed germination niche across habitats: an introduction to this special issue

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  1. Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC/UO/PA), University of Oviedo, Mieres, Spain

    Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

  2. Lab of Vegetation Ecology, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil

    Alessandra Fidelis

  3. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra, Australia

    Lucy Commander

  4. The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Lucy Commander

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Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Fidelis, A. & Commander, L. Seed germination niche across habitats: an introduction to this special issue. Folia Geobot 54, 1–4 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-019-09351-6

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