Seeds use temperature cues to ensure germination under nurse-plant shade in Xeric Kalahari Savannah

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-675

  Kos, Martijn ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Daily temperature fluctuation; Directed dispersal; Facilitation; Fleshy fruited plants; Germination cue; Kalahari; Maximum temperature; Nurse plants; Ornithochory

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CANOPY; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; NURSE PLANT; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED; SHADING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ERIOLOBA; AVES;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOTSWANA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ACACIA; BOTSWANA; CLIMATE; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249946555     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl293     Document Type: Article

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