Hydrothermal time model of germination: Parameters for 36 Mediterranean annual species based on a simplified approach

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-182

  Köchy, Martin ^a   Tielbörger, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annual plant species; Climatic gradient; Dormancy; Germination rate; Hydrothermal time model; Mediterranean; Minimum soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846576512     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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