Seed viability of afromontane tree species in forest soils

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-95

  Teketay, Demel ^a,b   Granström, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Dry forest; Ethiopia; Germination; Seed burial; Viability

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; DRY FOREST; GERMINATION; SEED BURIAL; SEED VIABILITY; TREE;

ETHIOPIA, GARA ADES;

ACACIA ABYSSINICA; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; EKEBERGIA CAPENSIS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; INDIGOFERA ROTHII; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; MELIANTHACEAE; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS;

EID: 0030618645     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010270     Document Type: Article

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