The effects of burial by sand on survival and growth of Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) along Lake Huron

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-12

  Anwar, Maun M ^a   Elberling, Heidi ^a,b   D'Ulisse, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burial tolerance; Morphological response; Physiological response; Seed mass; Seedling burial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001972242     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02743032     Document Type: Article

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