No heat-stimulated germination found in herbaceous species from burned subtropical grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Overbeck, Gerhard E ^a   Müller, Sandra C ^b   Pillar, Valério D ^b   Pfadenhauer, Jörg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fire; Germination; Grasslands; Heat shock; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 33745711976     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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