Desiccation-tolerance of Fagus crenata blume seeds from localities of different snowfall regime in Central Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Maruta, Emiko ^a   Kamitani, Tomohiko ^b   Okabe, Midori ^b   Ide, Yuji ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Ecotypic variation; Fagus crenata blume; Overwintering of seeds; Seed character

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012062713     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348262     Document Type: Article

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