Adaptation strategies of seed germination and seedling growth to sand dune environment

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Zhu, Yajuan ^a,b   Dong, Ming ^a   Huang, Zhenying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Sand accretion; Sand dune; Sand erosion; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; DESERT; DUNE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH; SEED;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SEEDLING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

INSECTA;

EID: 33644952708     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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