Substrate water potential constraints on germination of the strangler fig flcus aurea (moraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 716-722

  Swagel, Eric N ^a   Van Bernhard, A H ^b   Ellmore, George S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hummingbird Cay Tropical Field Station   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Ficus; Germination; Mannitol; Moraceae; Seed; Strangler fig; Water potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001485895     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445908     Document Type: Article

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