Germination responses of Caragana korshinskii Kom. to light, temperature and water stress

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-558

  Zheng, Yuanrun ^a,e   Xie, Zhixiao ^b   Gao, Yong ^c   Jiang, Lianhe ^d   Shimizu, Hideyuki ^e   Tobe, Kazuo ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial seeding; Caragana korshinskii Kom.; China; Germination; Semi arid area; Vegetation rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII;

EID: 4344618925     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00668.x     Document Type: Review

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