Smoke-induced seed germination in California chaparral

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2320-2336

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,c   Fotheringham, C J ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California chaparral; Fire; Germination, smoke induced; Gibberellin; Hard seeded plant taxa; Imbibition; NO2; Scarification; Seed coat; Smoke, stimulation of germination

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; GERMINATION; SMOKE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CAULANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS; DENDROMECON RIGIDA; DICENTRA CHRYSANTHA; EMMENANTHE PENDULIFLORA; PHACELIA GRANDIFLORA; ROMNEYA COULTERI; SILENE MULTINERVIA; TRICHOSTEMA LANATUM;

EID: 0031724475     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2320:SISGIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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