Temporal variability matters: Effects of constant vs. varying moisture and salinity on germination

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-443

  Noe, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Duration; Exotics; Moisture; Natives; Salinity; Salt marsh annuals; Seasonal timing; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036707079     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0427:TVMEOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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