Seed germination in temperate rain forest species of southern Chile: Chilling and gap-dependency germination

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-240

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilling requirement; Germination in canopy gap; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Successional status; Temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GERMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SEED; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE;

CHILE;

EID: 0038399785     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023286521721     Document Type: Article

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