Seed germination of six mature neotropical rain forest species in response to dehydration

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 693-699

  Rodríguez, María Del Carmen ^a   Orozco Segovia, Alma ^a   Sánchez Coronado, María Esther ^a   Vázquez Yanes, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Germination patterns; Recalcitrant seeds; Seed tolerance to dehydration; Tropical seed germination

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; GERMINATION; RAINFOREST;

MEXICO; VERACRUZ;

CHAMAEDOREA ALTERNANS; CUPANIA GLABRA; CYMBOPETALUM BAILLONII; POULSENIA ARMATA; RHEEDIA EDULIS; STEMMADENIA DONNELL-SMITHII;

EID: 0034190651     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.10.693     Document Type: Article

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