Germination time, other plant traits and phylogeny in an alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Community Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Bu, H Y ^a   Chen, X L ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Xu, X L ^a   Liu, K ^a   Du, G Z ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult longevity; Dispersal mode; Germination time; Linear model; Phylogenetics; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; MEADOW; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLATEAU; PREDATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 37649001337     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.8.2007.2.8     Document Type: Article

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