Predispersal seed predation in Acacia macrostachya, its impact on seed viability, and germination responses to scarification and dry heat treatments

New Forests

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-267

  Schelin, Maria ^a   Tigabu, Mulualem ^a   Eriksson, Ingalill ^a   Sawadogo, Louis ^b   Odén, Per Christer ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CNRST   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Acacia seeds; Bruchids; Burkina Faso; Dormancy; Pre sowing treatments

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; HOT WATER HEATING; WATER TREATMENT;

GERMINATION; SEED PREDATION;

SEED;

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; SCARIFICATION; SEED PREDATION; VIABILITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA MACROSTACHYA; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 3242887942     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEFO.0000022225.75095.41     Document Type: Article

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