Germination ecology of the clonal herb Knautia arvensis: Regeneration strategy and geographic variation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-600

  Vandvik, Vigdis ^a   Vange, Vibekke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competition; Dipsacaceae; Field experiment; Germination cueing; Microsite; Phytotron; Regeneration niche; Repeated measures ANOVA; Seasonal timing; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLONAL GROWTH; DORMANCY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GERMINATION; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION;

NORWAY;

DIPSACACEAE; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS;

EID: 0142010120     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02186.x     Document Type: Article

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