Differential responses of germination and seedling establishment in populations of Tragopogon pratensis (Asteraceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Jorritsma Wienk, L D ^a   Ameloot, E ^a,b   Lenssen, J P M ^a   De Kroon, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competition; Establishment; Germination; Habitat differentiation; Hayfields; Seedling survival; Tragopogon pratensis

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MICROHABITAT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; TRAGOPOGON;

ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRAGOPOGON;

ASTERACEAE; TRAGOPOGON; TRAGOPOGON PRATENSIS;

EID: 33846881340     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924524     Document Type: Article

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