Dynamic variability in thermal-germination response of squirreltail (Elymus elymoides and Elymus multisetus)

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-128

  Hardegree, Stuart P ^a   Jones, Thomas A ^b   Pierson, Frederick B ^a   Clark, Patrick E ^a   Flerchinger, Gerald N ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Elymus elymoides; Elymus multisetus; Germination; Squirreltail; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WILDFIRE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO; IDAHO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; ELYMUS MULTISETUS;

EID: 36549050376     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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