Relationships between seed germination requirements and ecophysiological characteristics aid the recovery of threatened native plant species in Western Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-60

  Cochrane, Anne ^a   Kelly, Anne ^b   Brown, Kate ^c   Cunneen, Simone ^d  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^b Environmental Weeds Action Network ^*  (Australia)

^c Environmental Weeds Action Network   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Ecophysiological characteristics; Ex situ conservation; Rare and threatened species; Recovery; Seed germination; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GERMINATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CASUARINACEAE; ERICACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PROTEACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 11144306800     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2002.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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