Influence of water regime and photoperiod treatments on resource allocation and reproductive successes of two annuals occurring in the Negev Desert of Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-142

  Shem Tov, Shachar ^a   Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anastatica hierochuntica; Photoperiod; Plant plasticity; Plantago coronopus; Resource allocation; Seed germinability; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

ANASTATICA HIEROCHUNTICA; CORONOPUS; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS;

EID: 0038678020     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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