Hardseededness in annual clovers: Variation between populations from wet and dry environments

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 821-829

  Norman, Hayley C ^a   Cocks, Philip S ^a   Galwey, Nick W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual legumes; Dormancy; Ecogeography; Ecology; Hard seed breakdown; Logistic model; Pasture; Seedbank

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATE EFFECT; LEGUME; PASTURE; SEED DORMANCY;

TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0036328696     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR01115     Document Type: Article

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