Effect of age on germination of dormant seeds

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Valleriani, Angelo ^a   Tielbörger, Katja ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Age structured populations; Bet hedging; Delayed germination; Dormancy

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY;

AGE; ARTICLE; GERMANY; GERMINATION; PLANT SEED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; GERMANY; GERMINATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEEDS;

EID: 33744533422     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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