Facilitative and Inhibitory Effect of Litter on Seedling Emergence and Early Growth of Six Herbaceous Species in an Early Successional Old Field Ecosystem

Figure 5

Seedling basal diameter (a), height (b), dry weight (c), and stem leaf ratio (d) under different species and litter cover. The values were represented as mean + SE; different letters indicate significant difference between treatments at 𝑃<0.05.

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