Fruit dispersal and seed banks in Atriplex sagittata: The role of heterocarpy

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-165

  Mandák, Bohumil ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atriplex sagittata; Chenopodiaceae; Morphology; Seed bank; Seed rain; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; HETEROCARPY; PERSISTENCE; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; WIND;

DISPERSAL; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; GERMINATION; SEED BANK;

EUROPE;

ATRIPLEX SAGITTATA;

EID: 0343059016     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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