Serotinous cones of Cupressus sempervirens provide viable seeds in spite of high seed predation

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 781-787

  Battisti, Andrea ^a   Cantini, Raffaella ^b   Rouault, Gaelle ^c   Roques, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^c Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Cone; Cupressus sempervirens; Pathogenic fungi; Seed predation; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEROTINY; VIABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFERALES; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; EURYTOMIDAE; FUNGI; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; MEGASTIGMUS WACHTLI; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PESTALOTIOPSIS FUNEREA; SEIRIDIUM; SEIRIDIUM CARDINALE; TORYMIDAE;

EID: 1842456838     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003073     Document Type: Article

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