Longevity of experimentally buried seed in Vaccinium: Relationship to climate, reproductive factors and natural seed banks

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1167-1176

  Hill, Nicholas M ^a   Vander Kloet, Sam P ^b  

^a Whatcom Community College   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Genetic implications; Models; Seed bank; Seed longevity; Spatio temporal dispersal; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLONAL ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 33745260397     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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