Effect of seed size on seedling performance in a long-lived desert perennial shrub (Ericameria nauseosa: Asteraceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1027-1033

  Benard, Rebecca Balogh ^a   Toft, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert perennial shrub; Emergence; Germination; Intraspecific seed size variation; Seedling performance; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD SURVEY; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA;

EID: 35348821771     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518942     Document Type: Article

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