Comparisons of germination traits of alpine plants between fellfield and snowbed habitats

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Shimono, Yoshiko ^a,b   Kudo, Gaku ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine habitat; Light requirement; Moist chilling; Seed germination test; Temperature requirement

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 19544390874     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-004-0031-8     Document Type: Article

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