Variant maturity in seed structures of Pinus albicaulis (Engelm.) and Pinus sibirica (Du Tour): Key to a soil seed bank, unusual among conifers?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-236

  Tillman Sutela, Eila ^a   Kauppi, Anneli ^b   Karppinen, Katja ^b   Tomback, Diana F ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pre treatment; Seed morphology; Stone pines; UV fluorescence

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SEED MORPHOLOGY; SEED STRUCTURES; STONE PINES;

SEED;

PINUS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS CEMBRA SIBIRICA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; SOFTWOODS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NUCIFRAGA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 41149177973     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0179-2     Document Type: Article

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