Aster kantoensis kitam., An endangered flood plain endemic plant in Japan: Its ability to form persistent soil seed banks

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Washitani, Izumi ^a   Takenaka, Akio ^b   Kuramoto, Noboru ^c   Inoue, Ken ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aster kantoensis; Endemic plant; Flood plain; Soil seed bank; Thermal dormancy germination traits

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED PLANT; ENDEMIC PLANT; GERMINATION; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERAL;

JAPAN, HONSHU, TAMA RIVER;

ASTER; ASTER KANTOENSIS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0030861184     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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