Germination strategies and patterns of annual species in the temperate semiarid region of China

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-207

  Li, Xuehua ^a,b   Li, Xiaolan ^a,b   Jiang, Deming ^a   Liu, Zhimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

After ripening; Annual species; Dormancy; Germination curve; Germination strategy; Horqin sandy land; Seed longevity; Temperate semiarid region

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HABITAT; LONGEVITY; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 33745727920     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980600705651     Document Type: Article

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