The effects of maternal salinity and seed environment on germination and growth in Iris hexagona

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 813-832

  Van Zandt, Peter A ^a,b   Mopper, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive maternal effects; Louisiana; Marsh Island; Saline marsh; Salinity stress; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

IRIS HEXAGONA;

EID: 4644257701     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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