Irrigation and fertilization effects on seed number, size, germination and seedling growth: Implications for desert shrub establishment

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Breen, A N ^a,b   Richards, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Maternal environment; Sarcobatus vermiculatus; Seed quality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; FECUNDITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING;

ANGIOSPERMS; DESERT CLIMATE; GERMINATION; NITROGEN; SEEDLING; SEEDS; WATER;

SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 46949100713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1049-3     Document Type: Article

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