Underwater germination potential of common ash seed (Fraxinus excelsior L.) originating from flooded and non-flooded sites

Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Dacasa Rudinger M C ^a   Dounavi, A ^a  

^a Department of Forest Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash; Bottomland; Flood; Fraxinus excelsior; Germination ecotypes; Hardwood forest

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOTYPE; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; OXYGEN; PROVENANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FRAXINUS; GERMANY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RIVER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRAXINUS; GERMANY; GERMINATION; RIVERS; SEEDS; WATER;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 42449087720     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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