Seed and cone diversity and seed germination of Pinus pinea in Strofylia Site of the Natura 2000 Network

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2427-2439

  Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Tsakaldimi, Marianthi ^a   Thanos, Costas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cone variation; Natural regeneration; Nature conservation; Seed efficiency; Seed germination; Seed morphology; Umbrella pine

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GERMINATION; REGENERATION; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROFYLIA FOREST; WESTERN GREECE;

PINUS PINEA; SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA;

EID: 48549089118     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9390-8     Document Type: Article

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