Effect of sand burial depth on seed germination and seedling emergence of Calligonum L. species

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 603-611

  Ren, Jun ^a,b   Tao, Ling ^c   Liu, Xin Min ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Calligonum L. species; Dormancy; Germination; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

CALLIGONUM;

EID: 0036701507     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(01)90979-6     Document Type: Article

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