Impact of red: Far red ratios on germination of temperate forest herbs in relation to shade tolerance, seed mass and persistence in the soil

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1055-1062

  Jankowska Blaszczuk, M ^a   Daws, M I ^b  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germination; Light; Poland; R : FR; Seed size

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GERMINATION; HERB; LEAF LITTER; PERSISTENCE; SEED SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 36248971740     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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