Improving seed germination and seedling growth of Omphalea oleifera (Euphorbiaceae) for restoration projects in tropical rain forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-155

  Sánchez Coronado, María E ^a   Coates, Rosamond ^b   Castro Colina, Libertad ^a   de Buen, Alicia Gamboa ^a   Paez Valencia, Julio ^a   Barradas, Víctor L ^a   Huante, Pilar ^a   Orozco Segovia, Alma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Phenotypic plasticity index; Preconditioning of seedlings; Seed dehydration; Seed handling; Seed viability; Seedling water stress

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; RAIN;

PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY INDEX; PRECONDITIONING OF SEEDLINGS; SEED DEHYDRATION; SEED HANDLING; SEED VIABILITY; SEEDLING WATER STRESS;

SEED;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SEEDLING; TROPICAL FOREST; VIABILITY; WATER STRESS;

GROWTH; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; TREES;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; OMPHALEA OLEIFERA;

EID: 34147122483     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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