Variable desiccation tolerance in Acer pseudoplatanus seeds in relation to developmental conditions: A case of phenotypic recalcitrance?

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Daws, Matthew I ^a   Cleland, Hazel ^a   Chmielarz, Pawel ^b   Gorian, Fabio ^c   Leprince, Olivier ^d   Mullins, Christopher E ^e   Thanos, Costas A ^f   Vandvik, Vigdis ^g   Pritchard, Hugh W ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^c State Forestry Service   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat sum; Principal component analysis; Recalcitrant seed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEED;

HEAT SUM; RECALCITRANT SEED;

HARDWOODS;

DESICCATION; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

ACER; FRUITS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS;

EID: 29944437145     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP04206     Document Type: Article

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