Inter- and intraspecific variation in the germination response to light quality and scarification in grasses growing in two-phase mosaics of the Chihuahuan Desert

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1063-1071

  Pezzani, Fabiana ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Chloris virgata; Dasyochloa pulchella; Environmental heterogeneity; Germination; Inter and intraspecific variation; Light quality; Phenotypic plasticity; Pleuraphis mutica; Reaction Norm; Scarification; Trichloris crinita

Indexed keywords

CHLORIS VIRGATA; DASYOCHLOA PULCHELLA; PLEURAPHIS MUTICA; POACEAE; TRICHLORIS CRINITA;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; LIGHT; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE;

DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GERMINATION; LIGHT; MEXICO; POACEAE; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947331182     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl053     Document Type: Article

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