Wet-season dormancy release in seed banks of a tropical leguminous shrub is determined by wet heat

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 875-883

  Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a,b   Flack, Lloyd K ^b   Pettit, William ^b  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesalpiniaceae; Dormancy release; Hardseededness; Legume; Microclimate; Models; Parkinsonia aculeata; Physical dormancy; Seed bank; Temperature; Tropics; Wet heat

Indexed keywords

WATER;

LEGUME; MICROCLIMATE; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WET SEASON;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; HEAT; LEGUME; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FABACEAE; GERMINATION; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; LONGEVITY; SEASONS; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA;

EID: 33749610827     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl171     Document Type: Article

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