Germination response to fire-related factors of seeds from non-serotinous and serotinous cones

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-204

  Goubitz, S ^a   Werger, M J A ^a   Ne'eman, G ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fire; Germination; Heat; ph; Pinus halepensis; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; PH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0242406685     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026036332277     Document Type: Article

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