Salinity effects and differential germination of several half-sib families of baldcypress from different seed sources

New Forests

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-68

  Krauss, Ken W ^a,c   Chambers, Jim L ^a   Allen, James A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US National Biological Service   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Louisiana; Salt tolerance; Saltwater intrusion; Seed polymorphism; Taxodium distichum; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BALD CYPRESS; GERMINATION; RESTORATION; SALINITY; SALTWATER INTRUSION; SEED SOURCE;

USA, (SOUTH CENTRAL); USA, (SOUTHEAST);

CUPRESSUS; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 0031934181     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006572609171     Document Type: Article

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