Seed mass and germination in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tsinghai-Tibet plateau

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-149

  Bu, Haiyan ^a   Chen, Xuelin ^a   Xu, Xiuli ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Jia, Peng ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Ecological constrains; Germination; Habitat; Phylogeny; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; DATABASE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GERMINATION; HABITAT; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MEADOW; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34250161776     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9221-5     Document Type: Article

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