Estimation of seed bank and seed viability of the gulf of Saint Lawrence Aster, Symphyotrichum laurentianum, (Fernald) nesom

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Kemp, Joni F ^a   Lacroix, Christian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aster laurentianus; COSEWIC; Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster; Prince Edward Island National Park; Rare plant; Seed viability; Symphyotrichum laurentianum; Tetrazolium; Transient and persistent seed banks

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTE; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTER; ASTERACEAE; CHRISTIA; SYMPHYOTRICHUM; SYMPHYOTRICHUM LAURENTIANUM;

EID: 12244261031     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i1.890     Document Type: Article

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