Bet-hedging and germination in the Australian arid zone shrub Acacia ligulata

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 368-374

  Letnic, Mike ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^a   McNaught, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia ligulata; Bet hedging; Desert plant; Dormacy; Life history, seed germination; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA LIGULATA; AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0009752502     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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