Heat-shock and seed germination of a group of Mediterranean plant species growing in a burned area: An approach based on plant functional types

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-333

  Luna, B ^a   Moreno, J M ^a   Cruz, A ^a   Fernandez Gonzalez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chamaephyte; Distribution range; Fire; Hemicryptophyte; Iberian Peninsula endemics; Non sprouter; Sprouter

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; HEAT SHOCK; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250738418     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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