Effects of seed age and seeding depth on growth of Stipa lagascae R. & Sch. seedlings

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-687

  Ouled Belgacem, A ^a   Neffati, M ^a   Papanastasis, V P ^b   Chaieb, M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Rangeland restoration; Seed testing; Seed viability; Seedling emergence; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

NATIVE SPECIES; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; VIGOR;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

STIPA LAGASCAE;

EID: 33644621216     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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