Effect of gravel conditions on seedling emergence of the endangered monocarpic perennial Aster kantoensis (Compositae) on a floodplain

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-50

  Kagaya, Mitsuko ^a   Tani, Takashi ^b   Kachi, Naoki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embedded gravel; Gravelly floodplain; Riparian plant species; Seed germination; Unembedded gravel

Indexed keywords

ASTER KANTOENSIS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 40149097625     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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