Seed dormancy in Carex canescens: Regional differences and ecological consequences

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 420-428

  Schütz, Wolfgang ^a   Milberg, Per ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREX CANESCENS; CYPERACEAE;

DORMANCY; GERMINATION;

GERMANY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030617846     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545604     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Alexeev, Y. E. 1988. Ontogenesis in Carex. species. - Aquat. Bot. 30: 39-48.
2. Baskin, J. M. and Baskin, C. C. 1973. Plant population differences in dormancy and germination characteristics of seeds: heredity or environment? - Am. Midl. Nat. 90: 493-498.
3. _ and Baskin, C. C. 1989. Physiology of dormancy and germination in relation to seed bank ecology. - In: Leck, M. A., Parker, V. T. and Simpson, R. L. (eds), Ecology of soil seed banks. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 53-66.
4. Borghetti, M., Vendramin, G. G., Giannini, R. and Schettino, A. 1989. Effects of stratification, temperature and light on germination of Pinus leucodermis. - Acta Oecol. Oecol. Plant. 10: 45-56.
5. Dorne, A.-J. 1981. Variation in seed germination inhibition of Chenopodium bonus-henricus in relation to altitude of plant growth. - Can. J. Bot. 59: 1893-1901.
6. Farmer, J. M., Price, S. C. and Bell, C. R. 1986. Population, temperature and substrate influences on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed germination. - Weed Sci. 34: 525-528.
7. Fenner, M. 1991. The effects of the parent environment on seed germinability. - Seed Sci. Res. 1: 75-84.
8. Fowler, D. P. and Dwight, T. W. 1964. Provenance differences in the stratification requirements of white pine. - Can. J. Bot. 42: 669-675.
9. Gilfedder, L. and Kirkpatrick, J. B. 1994. Genecological variation in the germination, growth and morphology of four populations of a Tasmanian endangered perennial daisy, Leucochrysum albicans. - Aust. J. Bot. 42: 431-440.
10. Gutterman, Y. 1992. Maternal effects on seeds during development. - In: Fenner, M. (ed.), Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 27-59.
11. Hacker, J. B. 1988. Polyploid distribution and seed dormancy in relation to provenance rainfall in the Digitaria milanjiana complex. - Aust. J. Bot. 36: 693-700.
12. Haeupler, H. and Schönfelder, P. 1988. Atlas der Farn-und Blütenpflanzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. - Eugen: Ulmer, Stuttgart.
13. Hultén, E. and Fries, M. 1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. - Koeltz, Königstein.
14. Hurlbert, S. H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. - Ecol. Monogr. 54: 187-211.
15. Jain, S. K. 1982. Variation and adaptive role of seed dormancy in some annual grassland species. - Bot. Gaz. 143: 101-106.
16. McWilliams, E. L., Landers, R. O. and Mahlstede, J. P. 1968. Variation in seed weight and germination in populations of Amaranthus retroflexus L. - Ecology 49: 290-296.
17. Meyer, S. E. 1989. Warm pretreatment effects on antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) germination. - Northwest. Sci. 63: 146-153.
18. _ 1992. Habitat correlated variation in firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii Gray: Scrophulariaceae) seed germination response. - Bull. Torrey. Bot. Club 119: 268-279.
19. _ and Monsen, S. B. 1991. Habitat-correlated variation in mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana) seed germination patterns. - Ecology 72: 739-742.
20. _ and Kitchen, S. G. 1994. Life history variation in blue flax (Linum perenne: Linaceae): seed germination phenology. -Am. J. Bot. 81: 528-535.
21. _ and Monsen, S. B. 1992. Big sagebrush germination patterns: subspecies and population differences. - J. Range Manage. 45: 87-93.
22. _ , McArthur, E. D. and Jorgensen, G. L. 1989. Variation in germination response to temperature in rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothmanus nauseosus: Asteraceae) and its ecological implications. - Am. J. Bot. 76: 981-991.
23. _ , Monsen, S. B. and McArthur, E. D. 1990. Germination response of Artemisia tridentata (Asteraceae) to light and chill: patterns of between-population variation. - Bot. Gaz. 151: 176-183.
24. _ , Kitchen, S. G. and Carlson, S. L. 1995. Seed germination timing patterns in intermountain Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). - Am. J. Bot. 82: 377-389.
25. Milberg, P. 1994a. Germination ecology of the grassland biennial Linum catharticum. - Acta. Bot. Neerl. 43: 261-269.
26. _ 1994b. Germination ecology of the polycarpic grassland perennials Primula veris and Trollius europaeus. - Ecography 17: 3-8.
27. _ 1994c. Germination ecology of the endangered grassland biennial Gentianella campestris. - Biol. Conserv. 70: 287-290.
28. _ and Andersson, L. 1994. Effect of emergence date on seed production and seed germinability in Thlaspi arvense. -Swed. J. Agric. Res. 24: 143-146.
29. _ , Andersson, L. and Noronha, Â. In press. Seed germination after short-duration light exposure: implications for the photo-control of weeds. - J. Appl. Ecol.
30. Milby, T. H. and Johnson, F. L. 1987. Germination of downy brome from southern Kansas, central Oklahoma, and north Texas. - J. Range Manage. 40: 534-536.
31. Naylor, R. E. L. and Abdalla, A. F. 1982. Variation in germination behaviour. - Seed Sci. Technol. 10: 67-76.
32. Olff, H., Pegtel, D. M., van Groenendael, J. M. and Bakker, J. P. 1994. Germination strategies during grassland succession. - J. Ecol. 82: 69-77.
33. Pegtel, D. M. 1985. Germination in populations of Solanum dulcamara L. from contrasting habitats. - New Phytol. 100: 671-679.
34. Philippi, T. and Seger, J. 1989. Hedging one's evolutionary bet, revisited. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 4: 41-44.
35. Probert, R. J., Smith, R. D. and Birch, P. 1985. Germination responses to light and alternating temperatures in European populations of Dactylis glomerata L. I. Variability in relation to origin. - New Phytol. 99: 305-316.
36. Quinn, J. A. and Colosi, J. C. 1977. Separating genotype from environment in germination ecology studies. - Am. Midl. Nat. 97: 484-489.
37. Raab, B. and Vedin, H. (eds) 1995. Climate, lakes and rivers. - National Atlas of Sweden, Coronet Books, Philadelphia, PA.
38. Rees, M. 1994. Delayed germination of seeds: a look at the effects of adult longevity, the timing of reproduction, and population age/stage structure. - Am. Nat. 144: 43-64.
39. Ren, Z. and Abbott, R. J. 1991. Seed dormancy in Mediterranean Senecio vulgaris L. - New Phytol. 117: 673-678.
40. SAS Institute Inc. 1993. SAS technical report. GENMOD procedure. - Report P-243., SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.
41. Schütz, W. 1995. Keimungsökologie von 5 horstbildenden Carex-Arten nasser Standorte. - Verh. Ges. Ökol. 24: 155-160.
42. Ter Borg, S. J. 1987. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the interaction between Rhinanthus and Orobanche and their hosts. - In: Weber, H. C. and Forstreuter, W. (eds), Parasitic flowering plants. Philipps-Universität, Marburg, pp. 109-120.
43. Thompson, P. A. 1970a. Germination of species of Caryophyllaceae in relation to their geographical distribution in Europe. - Ann. Bot. 34: 427-449.
44. _ 1970b. A comparison of the germination character of species of Caryophyllaceae collected in Central Germany. - J. Ecol. 58: 699-711.
45. _ 1975. Characterization of the germination responses of Silene dioica (L.) Clariv. populations from Europe. - Ann. Bot. 39: 1-19.
46. Thurling, N. 1966. Population differentiation, in Australian Cardamine. III. Variation in germination response. - Aust. J. Bot. 14: 189-194.
47. van der Vegte, F. W. 1978. Population differentiation and germination ecology in Stellaria media (L.) Vill. - Oecologia 37: 231-245.
48. Vleeshouwers, L. M., Bouwmeester, H. J. and Karssen, C. M. 1995. Redefining seed dormancy: an attempt to integrate physiology and ecology. - J. Ecol. 83: 1031-1037.
49. Washitani, I. and Masuda, M. 1990. A comparative study of the germination characteristics of seeds from a moist tall grassland community. - Funct. Ecol. 4: 543-557.
50. Wilcox, J. R. 1968. Sweetgum seed stratification requirement related to winter climate at seed source. - For. Sci. 14: 16-19.
51. Wu, L., Till-Bottraud, I. and Torres, A. 1987. Genetic differentiation in temperature-enforced seed dormancy among golf course populations of Poa annua L. - New Phytol. 107: 623-631.
52. Young, J. A. and Evans, R. A. 1976. Stratification of bitterbrush seeds. - J. Range Manage. 29: 421-425.
53. _ and Evans, R. A. 1989. Reciprocal common garden studies of the germination of seeds of Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). - Weed Sci. 37: 319-325.
54. _ , Palmquist, D. E. and Evans, R. A. 1991. Temperature profiles for germination of big sagebrush seeds from native stands. - J. Range Manage. 44: 385-390.