Seed bank and dormancy in plants of the Mediterranean region of central Chile;Latencia y banco de semillas en plantas de la región mediterránea de Chile central

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-215

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Germination delay; Germination period; Germination requirements; Germination strategies; Seeds in soil

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 4444320905     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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