Classification and ecological relationships of seed dormancy in a seasonal moist tropical forest, Panama, Central America

Seed Science Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Sautu, Adriana ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a,c   Deago, Jose ^b   Condit, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Panama Canal Watershed; Precipitation gradient; Seasonal moist tropical forest; Seed dormancy classes; Seed ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250375734     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258507708127     Document Type: Article

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