Relationship between seed bank expression, adult longevity and aridity in species of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae) in central Chile

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-600

  Arroyo, M T K ^a   Chacon, P ^a,b   Cavieres, L A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adult longevity; Aridity; Asteraceae; Chaetanthera; Experimental seed burials; Phylogenetic effects; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANNUAL PLANT; ARIDITY; HERB; LONGEVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED SIZE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ASTERACEAE; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RAIN; SEEDS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; CHAETANTHERA;

EID: 33748072782     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl134     Document Type: Article

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