Seedling emergence and survival of Warea carteri (Brassicaceae), an endangered annual herb of the Florida Scrub

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 621-628

  Weekley, Carl W ^a   Menges, Eric S ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuals; Delayed germination; Density dependence; Disturbed habitats; Summer annual; Winter annual

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED;

DELAYED GERMINATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBED HABITATS; SUMMER ANNUAL HERB; WINTER ANNUAL HERB;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; HERB; POPULATION DENSITY; SCRUB; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; WAREA CARTERI;

EID: 35648991483     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-061     Document Type: Article

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