Ecology of seed germination of eight non-pioneer tree species from a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwest China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Yu, Yang ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^c   Baskin, Carol C ^c,d   Tang, Yong ^a   Cao, Min ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation sensitive seeds; Forest gap; Forest understory; Fresh seed moisture content; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seed light response; Seed size

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; ECOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; LIGHT; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

ANTIARIS; ANTIARIS TOXICARIA; CASTANOPSIS HYSTRIX; HORSFIELDIA; LITSEA; LITSEA PIERREI; POMETIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 44349097017     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9355-0     Document Type: Article

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