Does germination success differ with respect to seed mass and germination season? Experimental testing of plant functional trait responses to grassland management

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Kahmen, S ^a   Poschlod, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Field experiment; Functional analysis; Germination success; Seed characteristics; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ASSEMBLY RULE; BARE SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HERB; MOWING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; GERMINATION; POACEAE; SEASONS; SEEDS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 39749180981     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm311     Document Type: Article

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