Clematis vitalba in a New Zealand native forest remnant: Does seed germination explain distribution?

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 525-534

  Bungard, R A ^a   Daly, G T ^a   McNeil, D L ^a   Jones, A V ^a   Morton, J D ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chilling; Clematis vitalba; Dormancy; Germination; Light; New Zealand native forest remnant; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CLEMATIS VITALBA; RANUNCULACEAE;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; FOREST REMNANT; GERMINATION; LIGHT; NITRATE; TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031284627     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10410176     Document Type: Article

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